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Abstract Number: 395
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 36 year old female with a past medical history of hypothyroidism, type two diabetes, asthma, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and bipolar disorder presents with sharp chest pain that radiates to her left neck and arm. She states that the pain started suddenly when she was sitting 10 hours ago and gets worse with […]
Abstract Number: 421
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 38-year-old male presented to the hospital with fatigue and progressive exertional dyspnea. He had a childhood history of Kawasaki disease (KD) with no treatment or subsequent follow up. Physical exam revealed marked volume overload, JVD, bibasilar crackles, and an S3 at the left ventricular apex. EKG was unremarkable. Chest x-ray showed pulmonary […]
Abstract Number: 458
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 40 year old woman (G4P4A0) with hypertension and hypothyroidism presented with sudden onset, severe, substernal chest pain while lifting heavy garbage bag. She was diagnosed with NSTEMI in the context of typical ischemic chest pain with trending troponins and EKG with T wave inversions in anterior leads. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed apical and […]
Abstract Number: 464
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old male patient who presented with hemoptysis 1-year prior, was found to have sub-centimeter lung nodules and multiple liver lesions on CT chest. The largest hepatic lesion on abdominal MRI was 3.2 x 1.4cm. He declined liver biopsy and presented a year later with abdominal distension, early satiety and unintentional weight loss […]
Abstract Number: 465
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: Chronic mesenteric ischemia (CMI) is defined as a gradual reduction of perfusion to the bowels. While bowel infarction is the primary concern with CMI, there may be a relationship between CMI and acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC). We present the case of a 60-year old female with acute onset right upper quadrant (RUQ) abdominal […]
Abstract Number: 465
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 36-year-old male with a PMH of alcohol use disorder, recurrent pancreatitis, cholecystectomy, diabetes mellitus type 2, and hyperlipidemia presented to the emergency room for severe epigastric abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting for 2 days in the setting of heavy alcohol use prior to admission. Vital signs on admission were notable for hypertension. […]
Abstract Number: 466
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: We report here a case of a 33 year old African American female with a history of neurofibromatosis, who presented for an elective cardiac catheterization after having an abnormal stress test showing an apical perfusion defect. The left main coronary artery was not able to be cannulated on cardiac catheterization. The left anterior […]
Abstract Number: 469
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 64-year-old year old woman with no personal or family history of HTN was diagnosed with right renal angiomyolipoma incidentally on work up for latent TB and referred to interventional radiology for partial right RAE. On routine follow up one week post procedure, she was noted to be normotensive. One-month post procedure while […]
Abstract Number: 478
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old male with history of metastatic prostate cancer on chemotherapy presented with fever for three days. On presentation, he was tachycardic with a heart rate of 130 beats per minute. Physical examination was significant for right upper quadrant tenderness. Initial laboratory workup revealed leukocytosis with a white blood cell count of 17000 […]
Abstract Number: 495
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 68-year-old woman with a history of hypertension and possible interstitial lung disease presented with one week of worsening midsternal chest pain, diaphoresis and nausea. Initial vitals were unremarkable. Exam revealed bibasilar crackles but no murmur, gallop, elevated jugular venous pressure or abdominal tenderness. An electrocardiogram showed no acute ischemic changes. Initial troponin […]