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Abstract Number: 547
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: We present a 68 year-old man, with a history of benign prostatic hypertrophy, who presented with several months of progressive personality changes and mild gait changes. His wife noticed he had become more introverted, and his gait had become more ataxic with prolonged ambulation. He also started having subtle memory problems. On physical, […]
Abstract Number: 629
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: This is a 49 year old female, with no significant medical history, who started having intermittent fevers, night sweats, and fatigue 11 months prior. She reported a temperature of 100.4°F with cough and rhinorrhea, diagnosed as bronchitis with an elevated CRP of 40 mg/L. She reported some improvement with azithromycin but continued to […]
Abstract Number: 647
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 69 year-old Mexican man with a history of polysubstance abuse presented to the hospital for fever and dysphagia of 4 weeks duration. CT of the chest taken at an outside facility showed a large esophageal mass with right hilar and left supraclavicular lymphadenopathy (Figure 1). Given concern for malignancy, an EGD with […]
Abstract Number: 667
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Patient is a 64 male with a past medical history of coronary artery disease who was experiencing two months of syncopal episodes with increasing frequency. Associated with these episodes were instances where he would wake up at night, face flushed and diaphoretic. He would also note bradycardia to the 30’s. He had an […]
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 […]
Abstract Number: 1057
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 23-year-old woman from Vietnam with no known past medical history presented to her primary care physician due to an abdominal mass. She first noticed the mass one month prior to presentation. It was associated with abdominal bloating and worsening sharp abdominal pain as well as a five-pound weight loss and decreased appetite. […]
Abstract Number: 1064
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Case 1: 30 year old woman with uncontrolled T1DM, CKD, recurrent VTE, HTN, recurrent C.Diff, developed leg pain, fever and leukocytosis. Imaging, extensive rheumatology work up and biopsy revealed diabetic myonecrosis, also noted MDRO UTI and C diff colitis treated with ertapenem, ceftriaxone and oral vancomycin. Persistent high grade fever and leukocytosis called […]
Abstract Number: 1075
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 82 yo F with history of HTN, HLD, anemia, and atrial fibrillation presented to the ED with right-sided weakness and aphasia. She was subsequently found to have an acute left MCA stroke, which was treated with thrombectomy. She was not on anti-coagulation for her atrial fibrillation due to history of GI bleed […]