Meeting
Abstract Number: 550
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 46 year old male patient with history of Hodgkin’s lymphoma in remission, and hypercoagulable state, status post IVC-F placement in 2005 and anticoagulation. He presented with hypotension and dizziness. He has been suffering from dizziness for several months but it has been getting progressively worse, to a level that he is unable […]
Abstract Number: 550
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 50 year‐old woman with chronic hidradenitis suppurativa presented with three weeks of progressive difficulty swallowing. She initially had dysphagia only for solid foods, but it has now progressed to liquids as well. She also reported odynophagia, nausea immediately after eating, and reports that she has lost ten pounds. Her physical exam was […]
Abstract Number: 1026
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 21-year old female presented with fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea and hematochezia. Her past medical history was significant for ulcerative colitis and recurrent clostridium difficile infection. On exam, she had tender abdomen and erythematous tender nodules on legs. Her left eye was inflamed on the nasal sectorial area of sclera and conjunctiva with […]
Abstract Number: 1026
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 54 year-old woman with history of pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis (with prior placement of inferior vena cava (IVC) filter on apixaban) presents with recurrence of hematemesis and dark stool. This was her third hospitalization with GI bleed requiring transfusion in the last few weeks. Her prior work up included multiple […]