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Abstract Number: 390
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: An otherwise healthy 31 years old Brazilian male presented to the hospital with two months history of constitutional symptoms, diffuse pruritic rash on torso and extremities, and diffuse lymphadenopathy. He lived with his wife and daughter, and most recent travel to Brazil was three months ago. His father has diabetes and mother died […]
Abstract Number: 576
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: There is a trend for increasing frequency of primary and secondary syphilis in developed countries, especially in men who have sex with men. Ocular manifestations of syphilis are rare, occurring in less than one in 1 million persons. Distinctive patterns of syphilitic uveitis include white, focal preretinal opacities, and acute posterior placoid uveitis. […]
Abstract Number: 741
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 58 year old man, who has sex with men, presented with three weeks of blurred vision. During this period he also noted fevers, malaise, and headache. Physical exam revealed a patchy erythematous scalp rash with associated alopecia. Fundoscopic examination revealed anterior uveitis bilaterally. Serum RPR was positive, with a titer of 1:64, […]
Abstract Number: 833
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 37-year-old man who has sex with men (MSM) with extensive cerebrovascular history, including non-traumatic internal carotid artery dissection, cerebrovascular accident (CVA) with left-sided hemiparesis, Circle of Willis aneurysm, presented with acute painless central scotoma in his left eye for one day. He was seen by an outpatient ophthalmologist, who visualized a placoid […]