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Search Results for IgA Vasculitis
Abstract Number: 492
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: An 11-year-old obese male of Micronesian descent presented with a pruritic bullous rash and bilateral lower extremity pain. Scattered non-blanching purpura started on both ankles 10 days prior and spread to his legs, back and arms accompanied by bilateral leg pain and intense pruritus. Four days prior to presentation, blisters to legs and […]
Abstract Number: 556
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 75-year-old woman with a past medical history of latent tuberculosis, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes mellitus presented with three days of non-bloody, non-bilious emesis, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and a new onset of weakness, pitting edema, and rash with burning sensation in the bilateral lower extremities. Admission labs were notable for elevated creatinine […]
Abstract Number: 626
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 48-year-old man with extreme obesity, heart failure, and a clinical diagnosis of gout presented with abdominal pain. Abdominal examination was limited by body habitus, as his body mass index was 68. Admission laboratory studies revealed acute kidney injury. He had been hospitalized before for similar presentations, but clear etiologies for the abdominal […]
Abstract Number: 636
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 57-year-old man presented with three weeks of palpable petechial rash, abdominal pain, polyarthralgia and edema. The rash started as “red dots” on his abdomen and spread throughout his body. On exam, he exhibited diffuse palpable purpura with blistering to his bilateral feet. Initial work up was notable for creatinine (Cr) 3.30 from […]
Abstract Number: 680
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old man with a history of morbid obesity, asthma, and chronic tracheostomy presented with 3 weeks of abdominal pain. The pain was intermittent and epigastric, without relationship to eating. He had poor appetite and nausea, though no emesis. He denied use of ibuprofen or alcohol. He denied fevers or chills. The pain […]
Abstract Number: 724
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 39-year-old male with no known history presented with complaints of back pain and shortness of breath for four days. Work up initially revealed pyelonephritis. The patient was treated with Amoxicillin-Clavunate. After a month, patient was re-evaluated for increased shortness of breath, fatigue, abdominal pain, diffuse arthralgia, and a new rash. The shortness […]
Abstract Number: 765
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: 68 y.o. male presented with a purpuric rash, petechia, and suspected vasculitis. Past medical history included Hypertension, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver disease, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Depression/Anxiety, DM type II and obesity. Significant presentations included pruritic rash and petechiae that started about a month before the presentation, worsening dyspnea, intermittent hemoptysis, and worsening bilateral pedal […]
Abstract Number: 892
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: IgA Vasculitis, formerly known as Henoch-Shönlein Purpura, is a systemic vasculitis most often seen in children. We present a case of a 28 yo obese man who presented to his primary care physician with complaints of fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, and sore throat for twelve hours. He was diagnosed with viral gastroenteritis and […]