Meeting
Abstract Number: 538
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 59 year old African American male with a history of sarcoidosis on prednisone, pulmonary HTN, CKD 3, NIDDM, and NICM presented to the ED with a 2 week history of leg swelling/pain. He was febrile on presentation. He was prescribed cephalexin for cellulitis and discharged. He returned 2 days later with worsening lower […]
Abstract Number: 661
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 62-year-old man presented with 5 weeks of progressive right lower extremity ulceration associated with pain, swelling, erythema, fevers, and diaphoresis. Initially, outpatient providers diagnosed patient with cellulitis following minor trauma and complicated by chronic venous stasis. Medical history included poorly-controlled insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes, atrial fibrillation on warfarin, recurrent venous stasis ulcers, […]