Meeting
Abstract Number: 563
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old male with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) was admitted with complaints of 1-2 months of progressive dyspnea on exertion, dry cough, subjective fevers, night sweats and approximately 15 pounds of weight loss. He had previously been on antiretrovirals (ARVs) for 3 years but discontinued therapy 1 year prior due to social issues. [...]
Abstract Number: 0777
SHM Converge 2025
Case Presentation: A 42-year-old male with HIV (CD4 79, Viral Load >1.35 Million) presented to the hospital with altered mental status, fever, tachycardia, axillary lymphadenopathy and cachexia. Initial work-up revealed profound anemia with a hemoglobin of 3.0 and no identifiable source of bleeding. Infectious screen was positive for norovirus and Enteropathogenic E. coli gastroenteritis, and [...]
Abstract Number: 0958
SHM Converge 2025
Case Presentation: This case underscores the diagnostic challenge of pulmonary Kaposi’s Sarcoma (KS) in HIV/AIDS patients, emphasizing oral mucosal lesions as significant markers, especially alongside biopsy-proven results when bronchoscopy findings are negative.A 36-year-old HIV/AIDS male ([CD4 3 cells/mm³, viral load 1.4 million copies/mL]), with a history of cryptococcal meningitis, presented with a 3-week history of [...]