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Search Results for Amyloid
Abstract Number: 817
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 72-year-old female with chronic kidney disease and recently diagnosed IgG lambda monoclonal gammopathy presented to clinic with six months of progressive weakness and failure to thrive. She reported breathlessness after several steps, a 10-kilogram weight loss, frequent falls, lightheadedness, easy bruising, and dysphagia. There was concern for light chain (AL) amyloidosis, before […]
Abstract Number: 826
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 65 year-old man with a past medical history of CAD s/p CABG, ischemic cardiomyopathy with EF 35%, bicuspid aortic valve stenosis s/p aortic valve replacement, and asbestosis presented to the ER for evaluation of anterior neck swelling, dyspnea on exertion, dysphagia, and a 30 lb unintentional weight loss over 5 months. On […]
Abstract Number: 826
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 39-year-old Bulgarian man, recently diagnosed with non ischemic cardiomyopathy was transferred to our hospital due to upper gastrointestinal bleeding. The patient reports seven months of intermittent hematemesis that worsened after two significant episodes of vomiting bright red blood. The patient became hemodynamically unstable in spite of aggressive fluid resuscitation and blood transfusion, […]
Abstract Number: 841
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: WF, an 88-year-old man with advanced, wild-type transthyretin-associated (ATTR) cardiac amyloidosis (on tafamidis) complicated by distal conduction disease and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, presented with syncope and was admitted to the cardiac critical care unit for symptomatic, bradycardic atrial fibrillation. A continuous dopamine infusion was started with resolution of symptoms and […]
Abstract Number: P28
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 64-year-old female with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (hATTR) and hypothyroidism presented with three days of dull pain localized bilaterally to the biceps femorum, recurrent emesis, and anorexia. Her past medical history includes complications of hATTR (being treated with patisirtan and tafamidis); polyneuropathy, small bowel enteropathy, and cardiomyopathy with associated recent bioprosthetic mitral and […]
Abstract Number: 1146
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 53-year-old woman with a history of irritable bowel syndrome-diarrhea (IBS-D), chronic pain syndrome and years of nonspecific symptoms including chronic diarrhea and neuropathy, presented with bilateral lower extremity edema. Multiple outpatient visits and studies demonstrated nonspecific autoimmune condition with questionable monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) as well as a presumed diagnosis […]
Abstract Number: 1242
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 33-year-old female with a history of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) controlled by Adderall (10 mg QAM and 20 mg QHS), two miscarriages, and depression controlled by Bupropion and Fluoxetine, presented to the hospital with complaints of crampy abdominal pain followed by bloody diarrhea. On further history, she reported a fever of […]