Meeting
Abstract Number: 579
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 21 year-old man on the rehabilitation service was evaluated for fever and headache. Approximately 1 year previously he was found to have a posterior fossa medulloblastoma that was resected and repaired with a bovine duragraft. Post-operative MRI showed no abnormal contrast enhancement and a lumbar puncture (LP) was unremarkable. Brain and spinal […]
Abstract Number: 638
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old Caucasian male lettuce farmer with no significant past medical history presented to our ED with acutely worsening holocranial throbbing headache, polyarthralgias, intermittent migrating burning rashes, and severe paresthesia to tips of all toes. He reported a three-week history of neck pain, excruciating hyperesthesias to light touch, diffuse abdominal pain, and constipation. […]
Abstract Number: 1184
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Patient is a 15 yo boy with PANDAS, epilepsy, ADHD, and developmental delay presented with 9 days of decreased ambulation, abdominal pain, headache, and fatigue. Initially, his symptoms were attributed to recent fall and recent IVIG infusion. However, the patient then developed anorexia, weight loss, and aggressive behavior prompting admission. On exam, he […]