Meeting
Abstract Number: 687
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old Africa-America female presented with one month of worsening bilateral lower extremity swelling/edema. She was nonoliguric. She denied chest pain, orthopnea or dysuria. The patient was diagnosed with adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma two months prior to admission. She was initially treated with interferon and lamivudine, which were stopped due to prolonged neutropenia. Then, […]
Abstract Number: 808
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 27-year-old African American female with recent diagnosis of SLE and pending initiation of treatment presented to the outpatient clinic with nausea and vomiting. She was sent to the ED after failing symptomatic treatment for 7 days. In the ED she was found to have fever, tachycardia, periorbital swelling, and tender right submandibular […]