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Abstract Number: 524
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 39 year-old woman presented to our hospital in late August with non-neutropenic fever and a diffuse maculopapular rash involving her palms and soles. Past medical history was significant for HER2 positive, locally advanced inflammatory carcinoma of the breast. The patient had received neoadjuvant chemotherapy with adriamycin, cyclophosphamide, paclitaxel, pertuzumab, and trastuzumab two […]
Abstract Number: 573
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 57-year-old male patient with a previous history of alcohol use was brought in by his family for progressive myoclonus and confusion. At baseline, this patient performed activities of daily living with ease. He had no history of neurologic disorders, however his mother had been diagnosed with dementia in her 70s. Over the […]
Abstract Number: 590
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 41-year-old gentleman with history of spinal trauma status post several spinal surgeries and chronic arachnoiditis presented to the emergency department reporting vertigo, generalized weakness, headache, and fever developing over the past two days. On exam he was alert and oriented, with irregularly irregular tachycardia, tachypnea, and a temperature of 39.2°C. Additionally and […]
Abstract Number: 870
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 23-year-old woman with generalized anxiety disorder presents with 1 day of altered mental status. She had been taking duloxetine and fluoxetine chronically; however, fluoxetine was abruptly stopped for several weeks and then restarted at an increased dose 1 week prior to presentation. On the day of presentation, she exercised rigorously, drank 2 […]