Meeting
Abstract Number: 790
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: Dissseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) can present as excessive bleeding or involving thromboembolic event. Here in we report a case of 68 year old woman with leukemia presenting in both spectrum of disease. A 68 year-old woman presented with weight loss, fever, and rash. Laboratory studies revealed white count 84 k/µL cells, hemoglobin 8.9 […]
Abstract Number: 791
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 65-year-old Japanese man presented with a 5-month history of bilateral leg edema. He visited his family doctor 3 months ago and started taking furosemide, but the symptom didn’t improve. His past medical history included chronic atrial fibrillation. He reported malaise, constipation and weight gain but denied fever or night sweats. On admission, […]
Abstract Number: 1015
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 73-year-old woman with a history of coronary artery disease and remote cervical cancer presented to the hospital with a two-month history of progressive leg weakness and confusion. Over the course of six weeks, symptoms progressed to flaccid paralysis and loss of sensation in both legs. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated enhancing hemorrhagic […]