Meeting
Abstract Number: 340
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 90-year-old man with a history of left upper lobe pulmonary nodule on prior imaging presented with dark tarry stools, fatigue and syncope. He had not had an EGD or colonoscopy done in about 10 yrs. Five months prior to this presentation, a 2.4 cm left upper lobe pulmonary nodule suspicious for neoplasm […]
Abstract Number: 623
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old male presented to the emergency department with a one day history of emesis, dysphagia, and odynophagia. He endorsed pain in the middle thoracic esophageal region which was worse with swallowing. Initially, his emesis was non-bloody, then subsequent episodes resulted in small amounts of bright red blood. Past medical history was pertinent for alcohol […]
Abstract Number: 1246
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 39-year-old male with history of previously treated TB meningitis 15 years ago, chronic hydrocephalus who received endoscopic third ventriculostomy few months ago, presented again with headaches and was found to have hydrocephalus. Patient received Ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement and CSF was obtained after the procedure. CSF studies showed (216-WBCs lymphocytic predominant fluid 81 %), […]