Meeting
Abstract Number: 718
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 57-year-old male patient with past medical history of major depression, essential hypertension and coronary artery disease status post drug-eluting stent placement who presented to the Genitourinary Medical Oncology Clinic due to marked swelling of his left scrotum. Ultrasound showed a hypoechoic solid mass with large left hydrocele. Tumor markers were negative. Computed tomography […]
Abstract Number: 777
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 56-year-old man with past medical history of abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery was brought to the Emergency Room for change in mental status and having bloody vomitus and melenic stool. On admission, abdominal exam was unremarkable, blood pressure was 110/77 mmHg, heart rate 103/min, Temperature 99.8 °C, Respiratory rate 20 per minute, hemoglobin 11.1 […]
Abstract Number: 817
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 80-year-old man with prostate cancer and radical prostatectomy with an indwelling Foley catheter presented from his nursing home with three days of hematuria and a hemoglobin of 5.2 mg/dL (baseline 7-9 mg/dL). Initial vital signs were normal. Exam was significant for pink-tinged urine, copious melena, and no abdominal pain. A repeat hemoglobin […]
Abstract Number: 825
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 56 year-old man with a history of psoriasis on adalimumab, coronary artery disease with prior stents, presented with chest pressure, dizziness, and dyspnea on exertion after noticing three days of melena and crampy abdominal pain. He denied nausea, vomiting, hematemesis, or bright red blood per rectum. Other than taking aspirin 81mg once […]