Meeting
Abstract Number: 718
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 69year old Caucasian female who presented to the emergency room after 3 weeks of diarrhea preceded by constipation and 1 weeks of abdominal pain. Abdominal pain was severe colicky and generalized, with no nausea, no vomiting. She had CT abdomen done with contrast that showed she had diffuse colitis. She was 2 […]
Abstract Number: 718
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 57-year-old male patient with past medical history of major depression, essential hypertension and coronary artery disease status post drug-eluting stent placement who presented to the Genitourinary Medical Oncology Clinic due to marked swelling of his left scrotum. Ultrasound showed a hypoechoic solid mass with large left hydrocele. Tumor markers were negative. Computed tomography […]
Abstract Number: 870
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Patient is a 29 year old male with no significant past medical history who presented for evaluation of worsening shortness of breath and headaches over one month. He had also lost 15 pounds and was experiencing night sweats and significant fatigue. He required ICU admission for hypoxic respiratory failure. CT chest showed multiple […]
Abstract Number: 870
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 37-year-old woman was admitted for a 3-month history of right lower quadrant and low back pain. She has a past medical history of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with class IV lupus nephritis treated with induction cyclophosophamide and prednisone, currently maintained on hydroxychloroquine and mycophenolate. She recently traveled to Brazil for work. She […]