Meeting
Abstract Number: 349
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: An 80- year old immunocompetent Vietnamese man with hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and prostate cancer in remission was admitted for progressive vision loss and headaches. 6 weeks before presentation he began to have persistent, disabling left fronto-temporal headaches. 2 weeks prior he developed sudden left sided vision loss. Outpatient left temporal artery biopsy was […]
Abstract Number: 557
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: Two patients developed tongue necrosis as an unusual presentation of giant cell arteritis (GCA).Case 1:A 61-year-old female presented with a one month history of painful swelling and ulceration of her tongue with weight loss. She received a punch biopsy of her tongue that showed ischemic, necrotic, and autolytic changes. After large areas of […]
Abstract Number: 601
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: An 80-year-old female was admitted with sudden right-sided weakness, expressive aphasia and left partial loss of vision. She denied preceding temporal tenderness, jaw claudication, headaches, history of tick bites, and new rashes. While her weakness and aphasia resolved within an hour, her vision impairment persisted. Initial CT and MRI scans showed no acute […]
Abstract Number: 775
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 73 year old female with a 50 pack year smoking history was admitted with 2 months of dysphonia, oral pain, odynophagia, and a 30 pound weight loss. Exam revealed a large ulcerative lesion of the tongue and white plaques on the tongue and oral mucosa. CRP was 5.74 mg/dL and ESR was […]
Abstract Number: H47
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 62-year-old male with hypertension, CAD s/p CABG, atrial fibrillation on oral anticoagulation, type 1 diabetes s/p pancreatic and renal transplant in 1999 on maintenance Tacrolimus and Mycophenolate presented to the ED complaining of severe headache and confusion. He was very agitated and unable to follow commands. At one point, he was sitting […]