Meeting
Abstract Number: 829
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 45-year-old woman with a history of ER-/PR-/Her2+ breast cancer previously in remission, recently diagnosed with recurrent metastatic breast cancer pathologically and on imaging, presented to the hospital with multiple days of dyspnea and dry cough. Vitals were remarkable for hypoxia and tachycardia. Electrocardiogram showed sinus tachycardia without ischemic changes. Troponin and B-type […]
Abstract Number: 954
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 48-year-old Columbian woman presented with 5 weeks of malaise, epistaxis, and hemoptysis. Physical exam was relevant for fever, conjunctival injection, hoarseness, coarse breath sounds, tachycardia, mononeuritis, trace lower extremity edema, and no stigmata of thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA). Labs were significant for a creatinine of 2.8, leukocytosis, thrombocytosis of 992×103, and microscopic hematuria. […]