Meeting
Abstract Number: 608
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old man with lung adenocarcinoma with multiple rib metastases and lytic spinal lesions was receiving palliative radiation treatment when computed tomography (CT) incidentally revealed a fluid collection along the anterior cecum with pneumatosis. Cultures taken during CT-guided abscess drainage were positive for piperacillin-tazobactam-sensitive enterococcus, and the patient was started on antibiotics. His […]
Abstract Number: 608
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: The prevalence of thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is rare (1%). Recognizing TMA in patients with SLE is difficult because these diseases have many overlapping features. We present a case of a 28‐year‐old woman with SLE who presented with confusion, thrombocytopenia and acute kidney injury. The patient had […]