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Search Results for Immunosuppressed
Abstract Number: 456
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old female with a history of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) cirrhosis complicated by hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), who underwent a liver transplant 2 months prior, presented to an outpatient clinic complaining of several days of fatigue, headache, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and confusion. Her headaches were new since the transplant. She denied any fevers, […]
Abstract Number: 529
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old female with a prior history of acute myeloid leukemia, status-post allogenic stem cell transplant in 2016 (in remission), complicated by chronic graft versus host disease (on mycophenolate), and pulmonary coccidioidomycosis in 2000 presented due to hemoptysis. She experienced 7 days of blood-tinged sputum with upper respiratory symptoms preceding that. Five weeks […]
Abstract Number: 754
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 52-year-old man originally from West Africa presented with two episodes of hematemesis over one day and with intermittent diffuse abdominal pain and fatigue over one week. He is a known HIV/AIDS patient with poor compliance along with a history of chronic Hepatitis B cirrhosis and moderate-sized varices, H. pylori with non-compliance with […]
Abstract Number: 833
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 59-year-old Caucasian male eight months post liver transplant on Tacrolimus and Prednisone and one month post COVID-19 infection presented to our hospital with progressive weakness. Ten days prior to presentation he noted paresthesias of bilateral upper and lower extremities. This progressed to distal 4/5 weakness in all extremities, dysphagia, dysarthria, severe lower […]
Abstract Number: 905
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old male with a history of Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA), managed on weekly Etanercept, presented to our academic medical center with fevers and polyarthralgia. Two weeks prior, he presented to urgent care for fever, chills, arthralgias, and myalgias, where he was diagnosed with an acute viral syndrome. Two days later, he re-presented for […]
Abstract Number: J31
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 48-year-old man with a past medical history of congenital solitary right kidney, chronic idiopathic pancreatitis, pancreatectomy and islet cell transplant, splenectomy, and alcohol use disorder presented with fever, chills, and night sweats. He was bitten by a dog three days prior to presentation. Shortly after arrival, he developed septic shock with lactic […]