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Abstract Number: 514
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 79-year-old African American male patient with a past medical history of prostate cancer presented with progressive weakness, headache, and confusion. Free and total PSA levels were within normal limits. Brain MRI showed a 4.1×3.3×4.1 cm left frontal lesion at the surface of the left lateral ventricle with vasogenic edema and midline shift. […]
Abstract Number: 622
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 47-year-old African American incarcerated male presented with headache, new seizures, and blurry vision. Spinal fluid showed high protein, lymphocytes, mildly elevated adenosine deaminase, and low glucose. AFB, bacterial, fungal and viral studies were negative. MRI revealed severe basilar meningitis with enhancing nodular density. RIPE (Rifampicin, Isoniazid, Pyrazinamide, Ethambutol) was started, followed by RI […]
Abstract Number: 708
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 32-year old woman at 17 weeks gestation presented with subacute headaches, parotid swelling, oral and perioral paresthesias, dysgeusia, and bilateral jaw pain. Her headaches began 3 months prior to presentation followed by left facial droop. She received prednisone and valacyclovir for presumed Bell’s palsy with resolution of symptoms. The headaches recurred and […]
Abstract Number: 736
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 76 year old male with a history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented with acute onset ascending weakness, perioral tingling, and loss of temperature sensation. The patient’s profound weakness progressed over the course of a few days, with subsequent diplopia, hallucinations, and confusion. He received the influenza vaccine a few weeks prior, and […]
Abstract Number: 843
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 32-year old female with complicated past medical history of intravenous drug use, mitral valve endocarditis status/post repair, and recent diagnosis of Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) was transferred from another hospital for management of severe thrombocytopenia refractory to Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) and steroids. She had initially presented with intermittent high-grade fevers and fatigue without […]
Abstract Number: 913
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A thirty-one-year-old man presented to the ED complaining of right-sided facial droop of one-day duration. He also complained of left-sided facial numbness and tingling, right lower extremity shooting pain for one week, night sweats, 50-60 pound weight loss, fatigue for a few months. He denied vision changes, headache, focal weakness elsewhere on his […]
Abstract Number: 1054
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 27-year-old homeless African American man with Brugada syndrome, post automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (AICD), initially presented to the hospital for acute onset of chest pain and cough for three days. Initial vitals were unremarkable; exam showed normal heart and lung sounds. EKG showed normal sinus rhythm with no signs of ischemia. AICD interrogated […]
Abstract Number: 1225
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Demanding prompt evaluation, carotid-cavernous sinus fistula (CCF) is a rare etiology of the “red eye.” Despite the risk for vision loss, this diagnosis can be missed due to its subtle and nonspecific presentation. We present the case of progressively worsening conjunctivitis and exophthalmos in an elderly woman following a fall who was found […]