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Abstract Number: 798
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old patient was referred to us by his PCP for subacute onset of confusion. Two months prior to presentation he was diagnosed with Focal segmental glomerulonephritis and had been on immunosuppressive therapy with Mycophenolate mofetil and Prednisone. He subsequently developed productive cough, and shortness of breath and was found to have a […]
Abstract Number: 822
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old- man with past medical history of Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, recurrent Herpes simplex virus lesion, prurigo nodularis, presented with generalized weakness for one week. On physical examination, diffuse cervical, inguinal and popliteal lymphadenopathy was noted. Echocardiogram showed moderate pericardial effusion, which prompted the patient to undergo emergent pericardiocentesis in the setting of […]
Abstract Number: 902
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 47-year-old female with a history of kidney transplant on immunosuppressive medications presented with worsening confusion and dysarthria for two days. She also reported headache, intermittent fever, and shortness of breath for one month before her presentation. On presentation, her temperature was 103 F, heart rate was 131 b/m, with normal blood pressure […]
Abstract Number: F47
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old Hispanic male with osteoarthritis on chronic steroids of unknown dose from Mexico and type II diabetes mellitus was admitted to the hospital for generalized weakness and fall with questionable loss of consciousness. Physical examination revealed verrucous and nodular lesions on his right arm, posterior neck, and left thumb, but was otherwise […]
Abstract Number: J46
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: INTRODUCTION: Disseminated gonococcal infection presents as either purulent monoarticular arthritis or as tenosynovitis, migratory polyarthralgia and vesiculopustular rash in young sexually active adults. We present an unusual case of disseminated gonococcal infection presenting as petechial rash, tenosynovitis and polyarthralgia with hypocomplementemia in a middle woman.CASE PRESENTATION: 46 years old woman medical history of […]
Abstract Number: O42
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: An 80 year old woman with a history of disseminated tuberculosis (positive TB cultures in knee wound and pulmonary cavitary lesion in 2021) presented to the emergency room for edema and erythema of her right third DIP joint. Over the past 3 weeks, she had waxing and waning orientation, reduced energy, and reduced […]