Meeting
Abstract Number: 536
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: Budd Chiari is a rare disorder caused by hepatic venous outflow obstruction with resulting hepatic dysfunction. It affects 1.4 per million people a year, and presentation depends upon the extent and rapidity of hepatic vein occlusion. This case is noteworthy given it presents the rapid progression of liver dysfunction in the setting of newly […]
Abstract Number: 618
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 51-year-old man with type 2 diabetes presented with icterus and generalized, non-pruritic, well-circumscribed, red, papular eruptions, including on his palms and soles. He had no fever, malaise, or arthralgia and no recent/current medication use; he drank alcohol only socially. He had conjunctival icterus and several tiny mucous patches in the oral mucosa. Ultrasound […]
Abstract Number: 669
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: The patient is a 29-year-old female with the history of acute pancreatitis and gastric bypass surgery, who initially presented with lower extremity swelling in the setting of hypoalbuminemia and protein-calorie malnutrition. She was started on high calorie/protein diet and was discharged on furosemide. Three weeks after discharge, she noticed peri-oral rash, which extended […]