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Abstract Number: 371
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 44 year old gentleman with a past medical history significant for Crohn’s disease presented for evaluation of painless jaundice and a pancreatic mass in the setting of significant unintentional weight loss and recent flu-like symptoms including night sweats, low-grade fever, and dizziness. Prior to admission, the patient underwent computerized tomography of the […]
Abstract Number: 410
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 75-year-old man with a history of glaucoma and diabetes presented to the hospital for evaluation of bilateral painful conjunctivitis, vision loss, abdominal pain and diarrhea with associated 20-pound weight loss over the previous 3-4 months. Testing for Lyme disease, syphilis, Bartonella, Varicella, HIV, and TB were all negative. Rheumatologic workup showed positive […]
Abstract Number: 444
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: An asymptomatic 27 year-old male with no past medical history presented with an incidental finding of a IV/VI systolic ejection murmur best heard at the left lower sternal border with parasternal heave. Physical examination was otherwise unrevealing with no lymphadenopathy. A subsequent transthoracic echocardiogram revealed a 4 cm by 2.5 cm intracardiac mass […]
Abstract Number: 445
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 51–year–old female, with no significant past medical history, presented to the emergency room with dyspnea and swelling of the throat. The patient first began to experience shortness of breath two months prior to this encounter. At that time, the patient was evaluated in the emergency department of an outside hospital. Pulmonary embolus […]
Abstract Number: 522
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 69 year old right-handed Asian male presented with 2 episodes of right sided focal seizures. He has a past medical history significant for chronic headaches of 4 year duration and was being treated for presumed tuberculous meningitis based on lymphocytic pleocytosis with elevated protein in Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) analysis, leptomeningeal enhancement in […]
Abstract Number: 526
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A fifty year old female with no significant past medical history presented with one year of acute on chronic bilateral periorbital swelling and twenty pound unintentional weight loss. She also complained of xerostomia and keratoconjunctivitis sicca. Review of systems was positive for intermittent nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, pruritis, and neck swelling. The patient […]
Abstract Number: 580
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 73 year old man with a past medical history notable for type 2 diabetes and hypothyroidism presented with ten days of dark urine and jaundice. He had developed worsening jaundice, pruritus, and a five pound weight loss prior to presentation. Labs showed alkaline phosphatase 731, ALT 369, AST 174, total bilirubin 5.64 […]
Abstract Number: 683
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 67 year old female presented to an outside facility with four months of intermittent abdominal pain and alternating episodes of diarrhea and constipation. CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis showed a large lobulated mesenteric mass closely adherent to adjacent bowel and encasing the SMA and SMV. A CT-guided core needle biopsy […]
Abstract Number: 763
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 66-year-old man with history of hypertension, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and hyperlipidemia presented with jaundice and one week of diarrhea with occasional hematochezia. In addition, he noted dark urine, decreased PO intake and appetite. On exam, he was jaundiced with scleral icterus. Lab work revealed acute kidney injury with initial creatinine level of […]
Abstract Number: 790
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 44 year-old African-American man presented to his primary care physician with a five day history of neck swelling and pain associated with chills, night sweats and weight loss. Three days prior to presentation, he was evaluated at a nearby emergency department and prescribed amoxicillin-clavulanic acid without improvement. Physical and laboratory examinations were […]