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Search Results for Eosinophilia
Abstract Number: 571
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: An 18-year-old female with no medical history was evaluated at an outside hospital for erythematous rash on her forearms, abdominal pain, chest pain, and leukocytosis. Chest Computed Tomography revealed hilar adenopathy. Transthoracic echocardiography showed right atrial and right ventricular (RV) dilation with low ejection fraction (EF). She was then transferred to our institution. […]
Abstract Number: 623
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 19-year-old female with mild persistent asthma, borderline personality disorder, and substance abuse presented with three days of a non-productive cough and dyspnea. She endorsed generalized malaise and body aches, without fever or chills. In the emergency department she was tachypneic and hypoxic to 87% on room air. A chest X-ray showed a […]
Abstract Number: 625
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 57 year old male with HIV/AIDS was transferred to our hospital for acute onset of lethargy and incoherent speech. He intially presented with a few weeks of headaches, slurred speech, and intermittent confusion, and was diagnosed with toxoplasmosis. He was started on atovaquone and sulfadiazine for taxoplasmosis and levetiracetam for seizure prophylaxis, […]
Abstract Number: 646
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 44-year-old African American male with a history of sarcoidosis presented with shortness of breath, dry cough, and headaches for 10 days, previously treated for sinusitis with amoxicillin and clavulanate without improvement. He is an electrician and smokes 3 packs of cigarettes per week. He denied any history of asthma, eczema, or atopy, […]
Abstract Number: 656
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: An 85 y/o man with non-small cell lung cancer and osseous metastases on pembrolizumab presented with 5 months of progressive weakness, intermittent nausea with non-bloody emesis, and decreased appetite with 20 lb. unintentional weight loss. Interval cancer surveillance with PET CT obtained 1 week prior showed a decrease in disease burden suggestive of […]
Abstract Number: 659
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old man presented to the emergency department with acute onset of fevers, myalgias and generalized erythematous rash after taking five weeks of Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) for acute prostatitis. Vital signs were notable for fever and tachycardia, with relative hypotension which responded to initial fluid resuscitation. The patient initially denied abdominal pain however the […]
Abstract Number: 666
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: An 87 year old male with a history of bilateral cataract surgery 18 months prior and recent immigration to the United States as a farmer from Honduras presented for bilateral vision loss and eye pain worsening over the last 3 months. Evaluation by Ophthalmology revealed left panuveitis, right anterior uveitis, and right retinal […]
Abstract Number: 677
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: 59-year-old Male who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with generalized rash and fevers. The patient stated that the rash started as a blister in his groin and then spread to the rest of his body. The patient’s past medical history was significant for seizures controlled with phenytoin, cirrhosis secondary to alcohol abuse, […]
Abstract Number: 736
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: The patient is a 20-year-old male with no past medical history who presented with a 6 day history of 6/10 constant sharp abdominal pain focused in the right upper quadrant (RUQ). The pain was worsened by eating, and associated with one episode of yellow, non-bloody vomiting. The patient denied any diarrhea, bloody stool, […]
Abstract Number: 740
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 30 year old M truck driver with a history of herniated disc was referred to the emergency room (ER) by an infectious disease specialist for elevated eosinophils (12.96 K/uL), chest pain (CP) and tachycardia. The patient complained of pleuritic left sided CP without shortness of breath or hemoptysis. Six weeks prior to […]