Meeting
Abstract Number: 680
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 65-year-old male presented with a chief complaint of dyspnea beginning 3 months ago. Additionally, he endorsed 15-pound weight loss, fatigue, and decreased appetite during this time. Members of his family noticed yellowing in his eyes. He had no known past medical history. He described his diet as balanced, consisting of meat, eggs, [...]
Abstract Number: 731
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 23-year-old male with no past medical history presented with neck pain and bilateral arm paresthesia of four-week duration. The patient was prescribed ibuprofen, and an MRI cervical spine was ordered. The MRI showed multilevel degenerative disc disease, and the patient was referred to physical medicine and rehabilitation. In the weeks prior to [...]
Abstract Number: 787
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: The clinical manifestations of Pernicious Anemia are a result of cyanocobalamin deficiency and often slowly progressive and difficult to establish. In this case report we present a patient who presented with severe pancytopenia with constitutional symptoms including weakness, fatigue and weight loss mimicking a malignancy until after further workup proved otherwise. We describe [...]