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Abstract Number: 563
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old Asian male with a one-year history of recurrent generalized muscle weakness presented to the emergency department with whole body paralysis. The patient’s symptoms began abruptly that morning, when he was unable to stand and exit a train due to lower extremity weakness, which generalized over the course of one hour. He […]
Abstract Number: 570
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 44-year-old African American male with medical history of hypertension presented to the emergency room for two and a half weeks of nausea without vomiting. He endorsed fatigue, weakness, anorexia, weight loss, jaundice, itching and constipation. He denied fever, night sweats, pale stools, hematochezia or abdominal pain. He reported dark urine with dysuria. […]
Abstract Number: 577
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: An 84 year old male with past medical history of prostate cancer with metastasis to bone presented with thrombocytopenia. His original diagnosis of prostate cancer was made with a PSA and a transrectal ultrasound-guided needle biopsy of the prostate. The biopsy showed extensive adenocarcinoma in all core samples taken. Bone scan at that […]
Abstract Number: 586
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: Iatrogenic pneumothorax is a usually benign complication most commonly caused by transthoracic needle aspiration, central venous catheterization, and thoracentesis, amongst other standard hospital procedures, with an incidence of 1.36% by some estimates. Here we describe a rare case of iatrogenic pneumothorax involving a dry-needling (DN) procedure.Description:A 66-year-old female with a medical history of […]
Abstract Number: 587
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old male with a history of coronary artery disease, left ventricular (LV) mural thrombus, tobacco use, and recent thalamic, splenic, and renal artery infarcts, presented with two weeks of worsening pain and cyanosis of his left third and fourth toes, associated with claudication. He denied numbness or loss of strength. He denied […]
Abstract Number: 591
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 19-year-old Caucasian man, with no past medical history presented to ER with acute onset generalized muscle weakness, more pronounced in both legs, which started upon awakening in the morning. He reported 40 lbs weight loss over 2 months in spite of increased appetite. Patient denied palpitations, heat intolerance, dysphagia or change in […]
Abstract Number: 593
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 41-year-old female presented with non-productive cough and worsening exertional shortness of breath for 3 weeks. She denied fever, night sweats, orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. There was no history of recent travel, smoking, or illicit drug use. She did not have any significant past medical or family history. On physical exam, there was […]
Abstract Number: 593
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: An 18 year old male presented with ten days of fever, sinus congestion, cough, right sided headache, myalgia and diarrhea. He had no significant past medical history but recently travelled to Bahia, Brazil and engaged in ocean swimming and sushi consumption. He had tested positive for Influenza A at his primary care office […]
Abstract Number: 597
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 66-year-old woman with hypertension presented to the hospital one day after arrival to New York City from Guinea with chronic daily vomiting, unintentional weight loss, progressive shoulder pain, and a subacute pruritic rash. She denied fevers, night sweats, difficulty breathing, chest pain, palpitations, unusual skin exposures, insect bites, trauma to the shoulder, […]
Abstract Number: 603
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 57-year-old male with history of C5-6 spinal cord injury (SCI) presented with recurrent episodes of sweating, flushing, headache, and hypertensive episodes over the past week, with concern for autonomic dysreflexia (AD). The patient is tetraplegic following traumatic SCI 38 years ago associated with remote episodic AD due to neurogenic bladder and adynamic […]