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Abstract Number: 628
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 32 year-old African American man with a history of Kikuchi-Fujimoto’s Disease (KFD), presented with 2 weeks of fever, cervical lymphadenopathy and cough. Laboratory tests showed pancytopenia, elevated ESR, positive double stranded DNA and ANA titer. Complement 3 and 4 levels were low. His fever persisted despite broad spectrum antibiotics. Computed tomography (CT) […]
Abstract Number: 643
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 19-year old Caucasian female with a history of atopic dermatitis and mild asthma developed an erythematous maculopapular rash on her bilateral palms and wrists, right-sided tender cervical lymphadenopathy, and nightly fevers and headaches five days after returning from a one-month trip to Cambodia. She presented two weeks after returning from her trip […]
Abstract Number: 644
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 57 years old man with a history of prediabetes and Lyme disease diagnosed two months prior to admission and treated with doxycycline for three weeks, was transferred from another hospital to our institution for recurrent high grade fevers and shaking chills for two months. Originally from Guatemala, he had lived in America […]
Abstract Number: 653
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 58 year-old man presented with a 3-month history of night sweats, chills and a 30 pound weight loss. His temperature was 102°F with decreased breath sounds and dullness to percussion at the left lung base. Labs were significant for a WBC 2.4 cells per µL with 22% monocytes and hemoglobin of 8.5 g/dl. CT […]
Abstract Number: 666
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 21 year old man presented to his primary care doctor with 4 days of fever and pruritic rash on his hands and feet. Labs showed leukocytosis and transaminitis. He was started on doxycycline for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, however tick borne serologies, MonoSpot, HIV, RPR and hepatidities were ultimately negative. He presented […]
Abstract Number: 682
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 55 year old Moroccan male with no PMH presented with 3 months of a productive cough. Patient had no fevers, chills, weight loss, night sweats or changes in bowel habits. He worked with wood, Corian® and paint, but there were no toxic habits or animal exposures. One week prior to admission, his […]
Abstract Number: 687
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: 65-year-old man with a history of end stage renal disease on hemodialysis, hypertension, cervical spine stenosis status post surgical decompression presented with melena, a decreased appetite, dysphagia for solids and liquids, and a ninety-pound weight loss over the prior six months. He was admitted with acute hypoxic respiratory failure and stridor requiring endotracheal […]
Abstract Number: 696
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 22yo woman with no PMH presented with 2 days of right axillary swelling. She endorsed a 5lb unintentional weight loss and a vague 2 year history of night sweats, but no fevers. She denied paraffin wax use. She works on a farm with rabbits, goats, and cats and reported tick exposures.Her exam […]
Abstract Number: 703
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 69 year old man presented with a two week history of high fevers and malaise after a spider bite behind his knee two weeks prior to admission. He also reported nausea, diarrhea, and crippling fatigue. His primary care doctor prescribed a course of amoxicillin-clavulanate but this had not helped. He lived in […]
Abstract Number: 705
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A healthy 24 year old Chinese male was admitted for fever for 3 weeks. His symptoms were associated with chills and rigors, night sweats and loss of appetite. On physical examination, he had enlarged painful cervical and left axillary lymph nodes. Spleen and liver was not enlarged. His laboratory investigations were normal except […]