Meeting
Abstract Number: 774
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 23-year-old male was transferred to a tertiary medical center for abnormal CT head imaging after presenting with 1 week of left-sided headache. He reported that his headache was waking him from sleep and was associated with morning vomiting. He denied fevers, chills, cough, or weight loss. His neurological exam was unremarkable, as […]
Abstract Number: 1226
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Syphilis manifestations are widespread, varying with stage and type of visceral involvement. Our detailed understanding of its natural history comes from the pre-antibiotic era and sources like the Tuskegee study. Herein we present a case of complete heart block in a patient with aortic dilation who was subsequently diagnosed to have neurosyphilis during […]