Meeting
Abstract Number: 382
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old Filipino man with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus presented with 4 days of fever, abdominal pain and distention. He endorsed unintentional weight loss of 30lbs over the last year as well as a chronic cough. The physical exam was notable for bibasilar lung crackles and abdominal distention with diffuse tenderness […]
Abstract Number: 771
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: Cryptococcus is known for causing meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised individuals. We present a case of cryptococcal infection outside the central nervous system in a relatively immunocompetent host. A 77 year-old male who immigrated from India at twenty years of age, with history of polycythemia vera, initially presented with hoarseness, occasional non-productive cough, weight loss […]