Meeting
Abstract Number: 49
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A previously healthy 4-year-old female born in Mexico was sent to the emergency department for elevated blood pressures noted at her routine outpatient clinic visit. On arrival, her blood pressure was 161/126. The patient reported polydipsia, polyuria, and weight loss. Her initial physical exam was unremarkable and her vitals were otherwise within normal [...]
Abstract Number: 720
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A previously healthy, 7-year-old girl presented to the emergency department with intermittent episodes of achy abdominal and right-sided flank pain for one month. The patient’s mother endorsed pain severe enough to wake the patient from sleep, as well as occasional constipation, and an associated 12-lb weight loss over the previous six months. On [...]
Abstract Number: 1057
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 23-year-old woman from Vietnam with no known past medical history presented to her primary care physician due to an abdominal mass. She first noticed the mass one month prior to presentation. It was associated with abdominal bloating and worsening sharp abdominal pain as well as a five-pound weight loss and decreased appetite. [...]