Meeting
Abstract Number: 473
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 33-year-old nulliparous female with no past medical history presented with 10 months of postmenstrual umbilical pain. She denied vomiting or bowel habit changes, but noted recent orthopnea and nocturnal wheezing. She had regular, monthly menstrual cycles associated with dysmenorrhea since menarche at age 11. She had not been sexually active for 4 […]
Abstract Number: 813
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 25 year-old white man with no significant past medical history presented with gradually progressive dyspnea on exertion and dry cough for approximately two months. He was treated for community-acquired pneumonia with various oral antibiotics and corticosteroids without resolution of symptoms. Importantly, during a particularly severe coughing spell, he noted sharp right-sided chest […]
Abstract Number: 818
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 36-year-old woman with Loeys Dietz Syndrome (LDS) presented with complaints of a “gurgling” sensation in her right chest. Her medical history included an aortic root aneurysm repair, aortic valve replacement and pneumothorax treated with chest tube. Physical exam demonstrated pectus excavatum and a rub throughout all right lung fields. Chest X-ray revealed […]