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Search Results for Gastroenterology
Abstract Number: 579
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A thirty-three year old woman with a history of alcohol-induced chronic pancreatitis and sphincter of Oddi dysfunction presented with dyspnea and a non-productive cough. She was admitted to the intensive care unit for acute hypoxic respiratory failure. On arrival, she was febrile and hypoxic, saturating 80% on room air. Labs were notable for […]
Abstract Number: 703
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: This patient is a 34 year old female presenting to the ED complaining of progressive weakness,SOB, bloody vomitus, and tarry stool. She had PMH significant for established diagnosis of Bean Syndrome. On presentation she was normotensive, 113/72mmHg but tachycardic 102. Labs revealed acute microcytic anemia H/H 6.7/23.6 MVC 70.9 prior to transfusion. She […]
Abstract Number: 735
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old man was admitted to the hospital medicine service at a quaternary center for painful oral lesions that appeared 6 months prior. The lesions had started as multifocal soreness in the mouth floor 2 weeks after having undergone dental work. He was then evaluated by local oral surgery team who performed biopsies […]
Abstract Number: 789
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old African woman presented to the emergency department with three days of abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. She had recently returned from a ten-month trip through rural Ethiopia where she consumed unpasteurized milk and well water with exposure to goats, cats, and livestock. Her medical history was otherwise unremarkable. On exam, she […]
Abstract Number: 847
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 48 year old female with no significant past medical history presented with acute onset of dysphagia, early satiety, nausea /vomiting and epigastric pain. Epigastric pain and non-bloody non-bilious emesis occurred after each meal. Lab work significant for eosinophilia (absolute eosinophil count 2,084/microL, reference < 500/microL ). CT abdomen and pelvis significant for […]
Abstract Number: 907
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 27-year-old male with a history of HIV, well-controlled on HAART, presented with persistent hematochezia, rectal pain, and constipation for a month. His history was notable for unprotected anal receptive intercourse. Patient was reportedly seen at multiple other hospitals and received empiric treatments for gonorrhea, chlamydia & syphilis without relief. He was compliant […]
Abstract Number: B25
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: This is a case of a 68-year-old female with a history of a recent cryptogenic stroke and atrial fibrillation who presented for an elective TEE for patent foramen ovale (PFO) evaluation and possible closure. TEE revealed a PFO with evidence of a right-to-left shunt. After completion, the patient reported exquisite neck tenderness, severe […]
Abstract Number: 1142
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 46-year-old woman with no past medical history presented with right upper quadrant pain, jaundice, and pruritus after undergoing a liver biopsy at an outside hospital. At the outside hospital, she had these same symptoms with hyperbilirubinemia and transaminitis. HIDA scan was negative. The liver biopsy showed marked portal and pan-lobular inflammatory infiltration […]