Meeting
Abstract Number: 557
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: Our patient was a 56 year-old immunocompromised male with a history of active CML (Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia) on active chemotherapy who was undergoing treatment with doxycycline and fluconazole for actinomycosis and coccidioidomycosis diagnosed via BAL (bronchoalveolar lavage) and sputum culture respectively during a recent hospitalization two weeks prior. He presented with persistent non-productive […]
Abstract Number: 583
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 20 year old male with past medical history significant for chronic phase CML, diagnosed approximately 1 year prior to admission, presents for evaluation of worsening right leg pain over the past 2-3 months. At the time of diagnosis of CML, he was started on Imatinib and shortly after developed diffuse bone pain. […]
Abstract Number: 735
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 36-year-old African American male, with accelerated phase Philadelphia chromosome positive CML on dasatinib, presented to a community hospital with abdominal pain, distention, and melenic stools 10 days after being discharged. During the previous admission, he received treatment for recurrent upper gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage due to a 1cm duodenal bulb ulcer with underlying […]