Meeting
Abstract Number: 636
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 37-year-old male with anxiety presented to the ED in Maine after a week of warmth and irritability, followed by sudden onset nausea and vomiting, epigastric and chest pain with left shoulder radiation, and palpitations. He denied COVID exposures, loss of taste or smell, shortness of breath, dysphagia, changes in weight, or skin […]
Abstract Number: 739
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 52-year-old male, active hiker presented to the emergency department with fever, chills and palpitations for one week. He had noticed a 20 cm rash in his groin for 6 weeks. On examination, his vital signs were within normal limits and there was a faint, left groin rash which was about 10 cm […]
Abstract Number: 1239
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Cardiac amyloidosis- a multiorgan disease, which carries a grave prognosis due to its rarity and nonspecific presentation. We report a case of systemic AL amyloidosis with predominant cardiac and renal involvement associated with multiple myeloma.• A 60-year-old male presented with progressively worsening anasarca including 3+ pitting edema in all extremities, and 80 lbs. […]