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Abstract Number: 817
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 72-year-old female with chronic kidney disease and recently diagnosed IgG lambda monoclonal gammopathy presented to clinic with six months of progressive weakness and failure to thrive. She reported breathlessness after several steps, a 10-kilogram weight loss, frequent falls, lightheadedness, easy bruising, and dysphagia. There was concern for light chain (AL) amyloidosis, before […]
Abstract Number: 835
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 21-year-old man presented with two weeks of progressive dyspnea. He denied chest pain, lower extremity edema, orthopnea, melena, hematochezia, hemoptysis, cough, or fever. He had a previous presentation with similar symptoms of unknown etiology a few weeks before treated with steroids, blood transfusions, and antibiotics with improvement in symptoms. He was on […]
Abstract Number: 857
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 57 year-old Japanese female with no significant past medical history presented with fever, productive cough and swelling of right ankle for seven days. She lived with her grandchild and her son. Her grandchild had fever and rash three weeks ago, diagnosed with hand foot and mouth disease. Her son had elevated hepatic […]
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 […]
Abstract Number: 881
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 29 year-old male (AP) with history of ALL presented with neutropenic fevers after receiving intrathecal methotrexate one day prior. AP was in consolidation phase of treatment with most recent bone marrow biopsy showing hypocellular marrow without evidence of leukemia. On admission, he was febrile to 102.9 degrees Fahrenheit with pancytopenia and ANC […]
Abstract Number: 904
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
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 […]
Abstract Number: 911
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 23-year-old female was admitted with thunderclap headaches of 2 days. She had a history of quadriplegia and autonomic dysreflexia from a remote cervical spinal cord injury and has been on midodrine for 2 years. She also reported blockage of the urinary catheter and experienced recurrent headaches when she attempted to flush the catheter. There […]
Abstract Number: 914
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: 51-year-old female with a past medical history of end-stage renal disease on intermittent dialysis and a recent vitreous hemorrhage status post pars plana vitrectomy with endo-laser photocoagulation 2 days prior to admission, presented with post-operative severe bilateral eye pain, headaches, and fevers. She was diagnosed with acute angle-closure glaucoma in the left eye […]
Abstract Number: A39
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: An 86-year-old woman with a history of hypertension on oral medications and chronic systolic heart failure presented to the hospital with chest pain and dyspnea. She was noted to be acutely hypertensive, tachypneic and hypoxemic. Physical exam revealed diffuse crackles, jugular venous distention and lower extremity pitting edema. EKG was consistent with an […]
Abstract Number: F36
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: An 83-year-old male with past medical history of hypertension managed chronically with hydralazine presented to the hospital complaining of acute onset of dyspnea, fever, and cough. He was treated for community acquired pneumonia with incomplete resolution of his symptoms. One month later he returned with fatigue and hemoptysis. Work up was significant for […]