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Search Results for Infectious mononucleosis
Abstract Number: 539
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old male was admitted to the hospital for dizziness secondary to heart failure exacerbation and incidentally found to have thrombocytopenia of 141,000 on admission. Over the next 72 hours, the patient’s platelet count decreased by over 50% to 51,000 while all other cell lines remained stable. The patient had not received any […]
Abstract Number: 541
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: An 18-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented with four days of worsening fever, sore throat, nausea, vomiting, headache, and difficulty swallowing. One month prior, he presented to an urgent care with an enlarged tender lump below his chin and swollen lymph nodes. He was diagnosed with infectious mononucleosis (IM) and […]
Abstract Number: 690
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old woman presented to the emergency department for a 5-day history of persistent fever, sore throat, diffuse myalgias, and epigastric abdominal pain. The patient was recently diagnosed and treated for pelvic inflammatory disease after unprotected intercourse with a new sexual partner. On examination, she was tachycardic, hypotensive, afebrile and was noted to […]
Abstract Number: 697
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 81-year-old man initially presented to his primary care physician for a persistent cough of three weeks associated with new onset shortness of breath when climbing stairs. He had a normal chest X-Ray, but also a mild anemia. Initial work-up was targeted at evaluation for a gastrointestinal bleed. He underwent a CT abdomen/pelvis, upper […]
Abstract Number: 732
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 62-year-old man with type 2 diabetes was hospitalized with a two-week history of fatigue, sore throat, diarrhea, and 18-pound weight loss. In the ED, he was hypotensive and tachycardic, which improved with IV fluids. Physical exam was significant for bilateral posterior cervical lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly. Labs showed leukocytosis (25.8K) with 18.2% lymphocytic […]
Abstract Number: 783
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old male presented to our hospital with four weeks of worsening fatigue, shortness of breath and a 15lb weight loss due to anorexia. He was short of breath walking up a single flight of stairs, which resolved with rest. He had no environmental exposures, sick contacts or recent travel. His mother had […]
Abstract Number: 828
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 21-year-old healthy Hispanic male presented to the hospital for evaluation of fever and sore throat for 4 weeks. He had no significant past medical history and he was not on any medications. His vital signs were within normal limits. Physical exam revealed icterus and no hepatosplenomegaly. The remainder of the physical exam […]
Abstract Number: 838
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: We present the case of an 18-year-old female with no medical history presented to the emergency department with a two-day history of jaundice and dark-colored urine. She had no other typical symptoms of IM like sore throat, fever or flu-like symptoms. The only medication that she has been taking regularly is oral contraceptive […]