Meeting
Abstract Number: 431
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 46 year-old man presented with one week of headache and shortness of breath. He also reported generalized fatigue, productive cough, and 40 lb weight loss. There were no sick contacts and review of systems was otherwise negative. He had been diagnosed with thymoma and myasthenia gravis six months prior to admission, at which […]
Abstract Number: 769
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 66 year old woman with history of iron deficiency anemia, tuberculosis (TB), pulmonary mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) and thymoma presented to the ED for symptomatic anemia. She was well until 6 months prior to admission when she presented with persistent fever and cough, and was diagnosed with TB. She was treated with […]
Abstract Number: 910
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 65-year-old male with a past medical history significant for hypertension initially presented with episodes of double vision, fatigue and dysphagia. Physical exam was remarkable for right-sided ptosis which improved with the ice pack test. Serology was positive for anti-acetylcholine receptor antibodies. Further workup revealed a decremental response to slow (2Hz) repetitive nerve […]