Meeting
Abstract Number: 770
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 36 year old man with a history of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) of unclear etiology was admitted with a three-week history of progressively worsening fatigue, weakness and lightheadedness. Further questioning revealed a 12 month history of hemoptysis which he described as productive of about a half-dollar amount of blood every morning. He […]
Abstract Number: 787
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: The clinical manifestations of Pernicious Anemia are a result of cyanocobalamin deficiency and often slowly progressive and difficult to establish. In this case report we present a patient who presented with severe pancytopenia with constitutional symptoms including weakness, fatigue and weight loss mimicking a malignancy until after further workup proved otherwise. We describe […]
Abstract Number: 819
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 29 year old Hispanic male with no significant past medical history presented to the Emergency Department with new onset jaundice. He also endorsed a constellation of symptoms for several months including weight loss, progressive fatigue, frequent headaches, decreased appetite, daily nausea with occasional emesis, and dark urine. He was not taking any […]
Abstract Number: 907
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: Thiamine deficiency is a known complication of bariatric surgery presenting commonly as Wernicke encephalopathy or dry beriberi. Pure sensory ascending neuropathy as a presenting complaint, however, is rare, which we describe here in the acute setting after intragastric balloon (IGB) placement. A 48 year old obese but otherwise healthy female underwent an uncomplicated […]