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Abstract Number: 565
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: We present a 70 year old Caucasian male with an established diagnosis of Darier’s disease (DD) since childhood. Our patient was recently diagnosed with Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Cystic Neoplasm of the pancreas and underwent a pancreatectomy, splenectomy with hepaticojejunostomy and Billroth II gastrojejunostomy. The stress of his recent surgery exacerbated his DD, and […]
Abstract Number: 599
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 44-year-old female with a past medical history of uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus (hemoglobin A1c 16.5%), hypertension, and obesity presented to the emergency room (ER) for left sided facial swelling after a mosquito bite. Physical exam revealed swelling, erythema, and tenderness and she was diagnosed with facial cellulitis, for which she was […]
Abstract Number: 623
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 53 year old man with uncontrolled diabetes type 2, hypertension, obese, stage III chronic kidney disease, chronic lower extremity edema with venous stasis, and recurrent lower extremity cellulitis was admitted to a large Quaternary medical center with 2 days of fever, chills, left lower extremity swelling, redness and pain. Started when he […]
Abstract Number: 631
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 24-year old woman presented to the emergency department with three days of decreased vision after she sustained blunt trauma to her face during a physical altercation. Social history was notable for methamphetamine use and unprotected sexual activity with multiple partners. Physical exam demonstrated right-sided periorbital swelling and tenderness, pupils were equal, round, […]
Abstract Number: 711
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 43- year- old healthy man presented to the emergency department with chills, arm pain, swelling, and redness after sustaining a puncture wound from a dead catfish. Vital signs included temperature 38.2 C, HR 116, BP 87/55. He had left medial wrist and forearm erythema, swelling and induration surrounding a small puncture wound […]
Abstract Number: 731
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old Caucasian woman with history of surgically-repaired lumbar spinal stenosis presented with a progressive swollen and painful right foot over past few hours. The patient was concerned of a spider bite though did not see a spider. The dorsal aspect of the foot was erythematous, edematous, with a pinpoint area of necrosis […]
Abstract Number: 756
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: Our patient is a 15-year-old female, previously healthy, who presented with right facial swelling. She developed swelling of her right upper lip after rupturing a pimple located on her lip. Over the next two days, erythema developed, and the swelling progressed to include her right eye, cheek, both lips, and around her jaw […]
Abstract Number: 889
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 17-year-old African American male with a past medical history of pulmonary embolism (PE) and morbid obesity presented to the hospital for right shoulder pain and dyspnea. On admission, his physical exam findings were most consistent with cellulitis, and he was started on IV vancomycin and PO clindamycin for MRSA and MSSA coverage […]
Abstract Number: 939
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: This case involves a 53-year-old female with a past medical history of sigmoid colon cancer treated by resection and Capecitabine, type 2 diabetes with macro/microvascular complications, and obesity class II who presented to the emergency department with a rapidly worsening and blistering painful right leg ulceration. Associated symptoms included subjective fevers and chills. […]
Abstract Number: 1006
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 90 year old female with invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast previously treated with lumpectomy and whole breast radiotherapy, currently on hormonal therapy presented to the hospital with 3 days of confusion, slurred speech, generalized weakness and erythema of the right chest and right lower extremity. Patient denied recent changes in skin […]