Meeting
Abstract Number: 592
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: : A 34-year-old female with history of migrainous headaches presented with complains of sudden onset, throbbing type of headache radiating to the back of the ear. This was associated with sudden loss of vision in the right eye. She also mentioned night sweats and unintentional weight loss in the last couple of months. […]
Abstract Number: 661
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old male with a past medical history of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), in remission following chemotherapy in 2018, left MCA CVA in 2016 without significant residual deficits, restless leg syndrome, neurodegenerative motor neuron disease with lower extremity spasticity, and peripheral neuropathy was brought to the hospital for weeks of increasing confusion and generalized […]
Abstract Number: 678
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 66 year-old woman with Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (WM), hypertension, and hyperlipidemia presented with acute altered mental status. She had been diagnosed with WM by bone marrow biopsy and was treated with rituximab, then maintained on thalidomide until 2 months prior to presentation. Her mother had suffered from multiple myeloma. Vital signs were normal. […]
Abstract Number: 851
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 43-year-old man presented with a few days history of confusion and new-onset fecal and urinary incontinence. By day 5, he developed a deep comatose state. His other medical history included schizoaffective disorder, uncontrolled type 2 DM, and compensated cirrhosis secondary to alcohol abuse and HCV infection, and IV methamphetamine use. On initial […]