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Abstract Number: 668
WHAT COULD IT B: FATIGUE, FEVERS AND NIGHT SWEATS IN AN IMMUNOSUPPRESSED PATIENT
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old male presented with one week of new onset fevers and fatigue. Past medical history included primary sclerosing cholangitis, orthotopic liver transplant 12 years ago and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) negative post transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) with partial response to single-agent Rituximab treatment one-year prior.The patient reported debilitating fatigue, daily low-grade fevers, night [...]
Abstract Number: 723
REVERSIBLE SUBACUTE PROGRESSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH TACROLIMUS
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Four years after kidney transplantation a 65 year-old woman with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and no psychiatric history is referred to the hospital by her primary care physician to evaluate altered mental status. She was successfully maintained on tacrolimus with stable trough levels. During the preceding three months she had developed progressive symptoms [...]
Abstract Number: 848
FROM PCP TO COXSACKIE, LESSONS FROM VAPING ASSOCIATED PULMONARY INJURY (VAPI)
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old male with no significant past medical history was admitted with 10 days of persistent fevers, cough, shortness of breath that worsened with exertion, weight loss, nausea, and vomiting. The patient had no history of travel to any TB-endemic areas, was in a monogamous relationship with his wife, denied IVDU, and had [...]
Abstract Number: 965
IDIOPATHIC CD4 LYMPHOCYTOPENIA DETECTED IN A PATIENT WITH AN INEXPLICABLE OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia (ICL) is a disease characterized by persistently low CD4 T-cell counts without HIV infection or any other discernible cause of T-cell suppression. Individuals with ICL are at increased risk of opportunistic infections, lymphomas, and autoimmune diseases. Diagnosis can be difficult, and prognosis can vary widely depending on the diseases that [...]
Abstract Number: 990
“OUT OF THE WINDOW” – PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA 18 MONTHS AFTER A RENAL TRANSPLANT
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old man with significant history of deceased donor transplant (18 months prior to presentation), hypertension, diabetes mellitus, who presented with two weeks of fevers and malaise. His other symptoms included drenching night sweats, shortness of breath, and diffuse pleuritic chest pain, however he denied cough. A recent exposure was a renovation of [...]
Abstract Number: 1029
MOLDY DRAINS: A RARE CASE OF SFP (SECONDARY FUNGAL PERITONITIS), NOT SBP
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: We present a 68-year-old woman who was in her usual state of health until July 2019 who presented with abdominal pain, back pain along with unintentional weight loss. Imaging revealed a mass in her pancreatic body which was confirmed with EUS and biopsy as invasive pancreatic adenocarcinoma. In late August, she presented with [...]
Abstract Number: 1240
HYDRALAZINE INDUCED LUPUS AND ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY SYNDROME PRESENTING AS DIFFUSE ALVEOLAR HEMORRHAGE IN A CIRRHOTIC PATIENT, A DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA!
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: To our knowledge, no prior case of simultaneous hydralazine induced lupus (HIL) with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH), and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APLA) is reported. We report this case due to extreme complexity as prompt diagnosis and appropriate management are crucial to survival.A 68- year- old female with a history of cirrhosis and hypertension [...]
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