Meeting
Abstract Number: 539
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 67-year-old female presented with three days of fever, chills, and generalized weakness. She also had myalgia, epigastric pain, darker urine. She reported no recent travel but reported spending time outside gardening and walking/hiking in the woods with dogs, although she did not recallany tick bites. She had a fever of 104 °F, [...]
Abstract Number: 582
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: Hemolytic anemia secondary to pernicious anemia is fairly uncommon, and not well described. We present a case of a 39-year-old healthy male with no significant medical history, who presented to the ED for evaluation after a near syncopal episode, along with 2 weeks history of fatigue. In the ED, vitals were unremarkable. Physical [...]
Abstract Number: 608
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 77-year-old female with a history of hypertension and osteoporosis presented to the emergency department with dizziness, fatigue, decreased oral intake, and weakness for a few weeks. She also reported blurry vision and paresthesias in her lower extremities. Physical examination including a neurological examination was normal. Laboratory tests revealed a severe macrocytic anemia [...]