Meeting
Abstract Number: 537
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 29 year old male with a history of known dental caries and HIV with a CD4 count of 871/uL and an undetectable viral load presented with one month of right-sided jaw pain and facial numbness. He was initially treated for Bell’s palsy and dental abscess without improvement. It was recommended that he […]
Abstract Number: 557
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 73-year-old female with PMH of iron deficiency anemia, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and hernia repair had received iron transfusions as well as blood transfusion. Despite which, her hemoglobin remained low, 7.3gm/dl. She was fatigued, but denied abdominal pain, black stool, vomiting blood, fevers or chills. She had an upper endoscopy that was unremarkable as […]
Abstract Number: 605
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 79-year-old Caucasian female presented with recurrent abdominal pain. Her past medical history was significant for low-grade adenocarcinoma of the rectum and sigmoid colon that was resected one year ago. Four months prior to presentation, she was found to have an abscess in the mesentery of terminal ileum and appendicitis for which she […]
Abstract Number: N29
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 44-year-old female with rheumatoid arthritis, recently started on methotrexate and infliximab presented to hospital on two occasions, one month apart, with fever, malaise, night sweats and abdominal discomfort. On both occasions she was hypotensive and pancytopenic (initial WBC 2.04 K/UL, Hbg 6.2 g/dL and Plt 131 K/UL). Both admissions were also characterized […]