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Abstract Number: 604
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 41 year old African American man history presented with 8 months of diarrhea with tenesmus. He had no past medical history and took no home medications. He also complained of cough and 15 pound unintentional weight loss in the past month, but had no nausea or vomiting. He was febrile to 103.7, […]
Abstract Number: 606
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: 39 YO WM presented to PCP with lower back pain that he initially attributed to pulling muscles after playing golf. Pain persisted and got worse. His PCP ordered lumbar spine CT when he started to have cauda equina compression symptoms which showed intradural sacral mass. Initial labs revealed 45% eosinophilia and mild leukocytosis. […]
Abstract Number: 611
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 35-year-old Caucasian male patient presented to our clinic complaining of fatigue, proximal muscle weakness, and pain. Twelve years ago, he was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, and due to poor prognostic factors, he underwent allogeneic HSCT from his sister, an HLA full-matched sibling donor. His past medical history is significant for chronic […]
Abstract Number: 612
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: Our patient is a 37-year-old gentleman with history of colonic Burkitt’s Lymphoma, in remission since 2010, eosinophilic colitis (on a prolonged steroid taper), CMV colitis, and common variable immunodeficiency, who presented with acute on chronic diarrhea. He incidentally noted worsening bilateral lower extremity weakness over the past 2 years, requiring the use of […]
Abstract Number: 620
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 53-year-old Asian female with no significant past medical history and a lifelong non-smoker without any chronic secondhand smoke exposure presented with a long-standing chronic non-productive cough that persisted over many years. The patient was not taking any prescribed medication(s) or over the counter supplements. Review of symptoms was negative for fever, chills, […]
Abstract Number: 630
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Fibrillary glomerulonephritis and immunotactoid glomerulopathy are rare renal disorders, being present in 0.5 to 1.4 percent of kidney biopsies. Although they are distinct glomerulopathies, they are both nonamyloid fibrillary glomerular diseases and as such, they are Congo red negative on immunohistochemistry. Discussion: Patient is a 75 years old male with PMH of HTN, […]
Abstract Number: 651
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 58-year-old male with a history of alcohol use disorder, recurrent and chronic pancreatitis and a recently identified 2.7cm pancreatic head pseudocyst on a prior admission, presented with abdominal pain and melena. CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis with contrast demonstrated extravasation of contrast into the duodenal lumen. A CT GI bleed […]
Abstract Number: 659
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old gentleman with a past medical history of hypertension and remote history of left middle finger burn injury. He was admitted to the hospital with a 2-month history of painless left third finger wound. The wound started as a small mass and progressively enlarged. He reported more than 30-year history of an […]
Abstract Number: 663
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 76-year-old male with a recent diagnosis of low-grade MDS presented to the hospital with complaints of severe fatigue, anorexia, abdominal pain and a 60 pound weight loss over six months. He also had a history of right foot drop 2 months prior with unclear etiology. He was subsequently hospitalized 1 month before presenting […]
Abstract Number: 669
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: An 82-year-old female presented to the emergency department with a hemoglobin of 5.2 g/dL and complaints of nausea, fatigue, and progressive weakness over the past 2 months. She denied any episode of overt bleeding; no hemoptysis, hematochezia, hematuria, or bloody vaginal discharge. She also denied trauma or any recent falls. The patient’s physical […]