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Abstract Number: 574
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 50 year-old African American male with type 2 diabetes requiring insulin, end stage renal disease on peritoneal dialysis, coronary artery disease, infertility, chronic pancreatitis, alcohol use disorder, and recent influenza presented with fever and cough. He was afebrile, hypotensive, tachycardic, and tachypneic with a leukocytosis and bibasilar consolidations on chest x-ray. He […]
Abstract Number: 719
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Coccidioidomycosis is a highly variable disease endemic to the southwest with 60% of infected individuals remaining asymptomatic or suffering mild respiratory illness. Less than 1% of cases result in life-threatening dissemination with immunocompromised hosts being most at risk. We present a rare case of multifocal disseminated coccidioidomycosis (DC) in an immunocompetent young male […]
Abstract Number: 833
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 79 yo. female with PMH of A. Fib on Warfarin, HFpEF, Hypertension,PVD, CKD-III who presented to the hospital with generalized weakness and recent falls. Reported gradual decline over about 1 month before admission. She reported that symptoms started with “stomach flu” about 4 days prior with chills, nausea, and abdominal pain. She complained […]
Abstract Number: 971
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 25-year-old previously healthy male presented with two weeks of right arm and leg weakness, paresthesia, difficulty walking, and low-grade fever. Head CT revealed two masses in the superior left cerebral hemisphere. Head MRI showed two intensely enhancing masses measuring 2.6 x 2.7 cm and 1.6 x 1.7 cm with marked surrounding edema […]