Meeting
Abstract Number: D42
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old African American male with a recent diagnosis of thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger’s disease) presented with new painful penile and scrotal ulcerations in the setting of digital ischemia, palmar skin lesions, bloody diarrhea, a 50-pound weight loss, and progressive dyspnea over the past six months. No vascular etiology for ischemia was found. Labs […]
Abstract Number: K40
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 64-year-old woman with a history of right kidney transplant and Crohn’s disease in remission presented to the emergency department with five days of severe abdominal pain. Her pain was accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and chills. Physical examination was notable for an abdomen that was distended and diffusely tender to palpation, but not […]
Abstract Number: K43
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 52 year old man with a PMHx of IVDU and HLD presents with a CC of “Cold Leg”. This was preceded by sudden onset numbness and weakness of his right foot and leg, inability to ambulate and severe pain in his thigh. He reported prodromal fevers, sweats and arthralgias. His last IVDU […]
Abstract Number: 1220
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 55 year-old man with a history of MSSA Bacteremia, Type II Diabetes, and Hypertension was admitted with pseudomonas bacteremia. Physical exam was notable for a cushingoid appearance. Laboratory studies were remarkable for hypernatremia, hyperkalemia and metabolic alkalosis. Serum morning cortisol was 162 mcg/dL and serum morning ACTH was 297 pg/mL (normal 7-63 […]