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Abstract Number: 616
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 58 year old male with a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus type 2, and stage 4 chronic kidney disease presented to the ED for 3 weeks of weakness, dyspnea, and bilateral lower extremity edema. Exam and workup was notable for anasarca, albumin of 1.8 g/dL, and CT with ascites […]
Abstract Number: 682
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 55 year old Moroccan male with no PMH presented with 3 months of a productive cough. Patient had no fevers, chills, weight loss, night sweats or changes in bowel habits. He worked with wood, Corian® and paint, but there were no toxic habits or animal exposures. One week prior to admission, his […]
Abstract Number: 703
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: This patient is a 34 year old female presenting to the ED complaining of progressive weakness,SOB, bloody vomitus, and tarry stool. She had PMH significant for established diagnosis of Bean Syndrome. On presentation she was normotensive, 113/72mmHg but tachycardic 102. Labs revealed acute microcytic anemia H/H 6.7/23.6 MVC 70.9 prior to transfusion. She […]
Abstract Number: 707
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 84-year-old woman, with history of diverticulosis and colonic angiodysplasia treated with argon photocoagulation in the past, underwent esophagogastrodudenoscopy (EGD) and colonoscopy for lower gastrointestinal bleeding. She was found to have multiple angiodysplastic lesions in the gastric body, duodenum and proximal transverse colon which were successfully coagulated for hemostasis using argon plasma at […]
Abstract Number: 754
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 20-year-old male with a family history of Hepatoblastoma in his brother, presented with a two-week history of intermittent left lower quadrant abdominal pain. He was afebrile and initial work-up showed a normal White blood cell count (WBC), Hemoglobin (Hg) 7.1 g/dl, Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) 71 femtoliters and a positive stool occult […]
Abstract Number: 773
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 56 year-old male with past medical history of chronic pancreatitis, alcoholic cirrhosis, cured hepatitis C, iron deficiency anemia and gastric arterio-venous malformations (AVM) status post cauterization presented for screening colonoscopy and esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). EGD showed several nonbleeding gastric AVM status post Argon Plasma Coagulation. The colonoscopy was unremarkable without any reported difficulty […]
Abstract Number: 859
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 59 year old female with a history of Hepatitis C cirrhosis, esophageal varices, type 2 diabetes mellitus, end-stage renal disease, and hypertension presented to the emergency department to be evaluated for fever at the behest of her dialysis center. She endorsed chills, diffuse abdominal pain, and dyspnea over the past week. She […]
Abstract Number: 864
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: The patient is a complex patient with multiple hospitalizations. Prior to her hospital course her past medical history was notable for Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, alcohol abuse, and dilated cardiomyopathy with preserved EF. Patient original presentation was related to a perforated marginal ulcer requiring laparoscopic Graham patch. The ICU course was complicated by an […]
Abstract Number: 874
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 47 year old woman with Lynch syndrome presented with only intermittent abdominal discomfort and mucus in her stools for several months. Colonoscopy showed patchy erythema in the cecum and the transverse colon. The pathology revealed high-grade dysplasia with focal intramucosal signet ring cell carcinoma. Immunohistochemical stains were positive for CD68, CDX2, pankeratin […]
Abstract Number: 901
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 43-year-old Caucasian woman with stage IV rectal adenocarcinoma metastatic to liver and lung presented with new onset generalized tonic clonic seizures. She was receiving her second line treatment with 5-FU continuous infusion Day number 7 of 7 of the 5th cycle. This was preceded by confusion and altered mentation since the previous […]