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Search Results for Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Abstract Number: 414
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 66-year-old woman with a past medical history of scleroderma, inflammatory lung disease, and remote bilateral breast cancer status post bilateral mastectomy and chemotherapy was admitted for lung biopsy. The patient developed flu-like symptoms and was started on oral antibiotics after she was seen in an urgent care clinic. Despite this, she developed […]
Abstract Number: 415
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 68-year-old woman with a past medical history of hypertension and relapsing Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) presented with acute kidney injury. She was diagnosed nine years ago with TTP and had three subsequent relapses; the last episode was seven years ago. She had undergone treatment with steroids, rituximab, and plasmapheresis. She was incidentally […]
Abstract Number: 572
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: Our patient is a 77-year-old female with no past medical history who presented with two weeks of dyspnea on exertion, scant hemoptysis, and rhinorrhea with occasional blood. Vitals showed tachycardia, tachypnea, and hypoxia with saturations 95% on 15 L/min via heated high flow nasal cannula. Exam revealed accessory muscle use, faint bibasilar rales, […]
Abstract Number: 604
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old male of Hispanic/Asian origin with a history of diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension, dyslipidemia, recurrent sinusitis and bilateral otitis media presented to the emergency department complaining of acute hand joints pain, nasal congestion and left ear pain. On physical examination, he appeared fatigued with no acute distress. He had prominent sinus […]
Abstract Number: 671
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old female with a history of diabetes and a recent diagnosis of COVID-19 four weeks ago presented to the hospital with a persistent cough, fatigue, and poor appetite. She had been discharged two weeks prior for chest pain and shortness of breath, felt to be secondary to COVID-19 induced myopericarditis. She was […]
Abstract Number: 675
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 62 year old male with history of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis due to anti-glomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) disease who remains dialysis dependent after failing to respond to steroids and plasmapheresis eight months ago presented with two months of worsening vision and frontal headaches. The patient also has chronic systolic heart failure with an […]
Abstract Number: 707
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 65 year-old Mexican man had presented to an outside hospital with 2 weeks of cough and dyspnea and was found to have a new apical pulmonary infiltrate. He underwent lung biopsy and was treated for pneumonia for several days without resolution of his symptoms. He was transferred to our medicine service and […]
Abstract Number: 752
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 27-year-old white male with adult-onset asthma and recurrent pneumonia presented to a rural hospital with a one month history of ascending lower extremity numbness. He also reported fever, fatigue, night sweats, and a twenty-pound weight loss over three weeks. Initial workup revealed leukocytosis and eosinophilia, prompting transfer to our facility for further […]
Abstract Number: 769
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 57-year-old female with a history of herpes simplex virus was seen at Rheumatology clinic for 3 weeks of myalgias and arthralgias, positive rheumatoid factor and elevated inflammatory markers. By her first visit, her symptoms resolved. Review of systems revealed chronic sinusitis associated with nasal septal deviation and nasal polyps, which previously failed […]
Abstract Number: 874
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: 51yoM with no significant medical history presents to ED for evaluation of progressive bilaterally injected, painful conjunctiva of 1 months duration, nonproductive cough and pleuritic chest pain of 1 week’s duration. He was recently treated with moxifloxacin for conjunctivitis without improvement in symptoms. After treatment, he developed nonproductive cough associated with pleurisy and […]