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Abstract Number: 567
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 57-year-old Honduran male with no past medical history presented with two weeks of recurrent fevers, dyspnea, bilateral blurred vision, and pain in his low back, flank, and abdomen. Chest X-ray revealed a round opacity over the right lower lung. CT chest, abdomen, and pelvis showed patchy consolidation in the right lower lobe […]
Abstract Number: 587
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 42 year-old woman with history significant for systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) for 20 years complicated by pleurisy and thrombocytopenia on belimumab presented with a 10-day history of migratory polyarthritis. Her pain started in her left wrist, traveled to her right wrist one day later and then to her right shoulder after two […]
Abstract Number: 589
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 19 year old female presented to the student clinic with fevers up to 103 degrees F recurring daily over a period of weeks. She endorsed diffuse body aches and nausea/vomiting. Two years prior, she was diagnosed with Kikuchi disease, a benign self-limited lymphadenitis, following a lymph node biopsy in Bangladesh. Symptoms at […]
Abstract Number: 590
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old male with a past medical history of hypertension presents to the hospital for new onset of right-sided chorea interfering with his everyday activities with no associated weakness, numbness, speech, visual disturbances, rashes, or joint pains. A full initial laboratory work-up was performed notable for non-hemolytic anemia and elevated inflammatory markers. CT […]
Abstract Number: 592
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: : A 34-year-old female with history of migrainous headaches presented with complains of sudden onset, throbbing type of headache radiating to the back of the ear. This was associated with sudden loss of vision in the right eye. She also mentioned night sweats and unintentional weight loss in the last couple of months. […]
Abstract Number: 595
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 20 year old man with history of Systemic Lupus erythematous (SLE) with Lupus nephritis presented to the hospital with cough and hemoptysis for the past few days. He was found to have severe anemia (5.4 mg/dl), thrombocytopenia (52,000/mm3), elevated LDH (829), low haptoglobin (<8), hypocomplentemia (low C3 and C4), schistocytes on peripheral […]
Abstract Number: 598
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 22-year-old male with history of syringomyelia and Chiari malformation status post repair presented as a transfer for a 1-week history of fever, progressive dyspnea, reduced appetite, and headache. On his initial presentation, he was found to be hypoxic after which a chest radiography showed an enlarged cardiac silhouette. Lab work showed new […]
Abstract Number: 602
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 28 year old Nepali female presented with convulsive activity and one week of progressive changes in behavior and mental acuity. She had polyarthralgia, painful cervical lymph nodes, malar rash, subjective fever, headaches, and fatigue for 2 months. Previous workup revealed positive antinuclear antibody (ANA), anti-ribonuclearprotein (RNP), and anti-Ro antibodies with no formal […]
Abstract Number: 613
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 37-year-old Hispanic female with no medical history presented to the hospital with bilateral lower extremity edema of 3-week duration. Concurrently, she also experienced dysphagia to solids associated with 30-lb weight loss and low-grade fever. Initial examination was significant for bilateral erythematous rash of lower extremities with 3+ pitting edema that extended from […]
Abstract Number: 623
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 24 year old Afro-Caribbean woman with no medical history presented with intermittent facial swelling of one month, several months of fatigue, anorexia and unintentional weight loss of 65 pounds. The swelling initially involved the lower face with gradual spread to bilateral peri-orbital areas. There was no urticaria, rash, dysphagia, dyspnea or visual […]