Meeting
Abstract Number: 852
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: 33 yo Caucasian female with a PMH of Graves’ thyrotoxicosis and recurrent acute pancreatitis was admitted for suspected pancreatitis. She presented with acute onset epigastric pain radiating to back. She denied any associated symptoms. Exam showed yellowish discoloration of skin and epigastric tenderness. Recent ultrasound was negative for cholelithiasis or gallbladder wall thickening […]
Abstract Number: H32
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 64-year-old male presented to the Emergency Room with one week of worsening productive cough, fevers (Tmax 103F), vomiting, diarrhea, and malaise. His past medical history was significant for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), treated with etanercept, hydroxychloroquine, leflunomide and sulfasalazine. On physical examination, he was febrile, normotensive with tachycardia, and tachypneic with diminished breath […]
Abstract Number: K38
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 25-year-old African American male with no significant medical history presented to the hospital with a new-onset skin rash. Over a month, he noticed a migratory pruritic rash growing on his trunk, arms and legs. He also experienced intermittent high-grade fevers, sore throat, and diffuse symmetrical joint pain. On arrival, patient was noted […]
Abstract Number: 1080
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old female with past medical history significant for myasthenia gravis managed with azathioprine (AZA) presented with recurrent fevers, shortness of breath, malaise and night sweats for one week after attending a funeral in Pennsylvania. She denied any sick contacts, hiking, animal exposure, tick bites, or rashes. She was seen outpatient and her […]