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Search Results for Lymphoma
Abstract Number: 866
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 36 year-old otherwise healthy female presented with six days of acute flu-like symptoms, myalgias, persistent fever and chills associated with abdominal bloating and vomiting for three days. Physical exam was notable for temperature of 103 F, sinus tachycardia and mild tenderness at the left upper quadrant on deep palpation. Labs were notable […]
Abstract Number: 916
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 41 y.o male with no past medical history presented with shortness of breath at rest. On presentation, he was febrile, tachycardic to 130’s/min and tachypneic to 32 breaths/min and saturating at 99% on room air. On auscultation, he had absent left-sided breath sounds. Chest X-ray demonstrated opacification of left hemithorax and CT chest […]
Abstract Number: 983
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 60 year-old woman with a history of chronic hepatitis C without cirrhosis and schizophrenia with paranoid delusions was admitted with severe progressive bilateral burning foot pain. She had a history of intermittent alcohol use and recent homelessness. She lacked a primary care doctor and sought care for her bilateral lower extremity pain […]
Abstract Number: A43
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: We describe a 55-year-old lady who presented with a three-day-history of right-sided ptosis, and ophthalmology. She also reported diplopia, subjective fevers, anorexia, and an unintentional weight loss of five pounds over the preceding ten days. She denied headaches, nausea, and vomiting. Her medical problems include HIV, on highly aggressive antiretroviral therapy, history of […]
Abstract Number: H46
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 57-year-old male with HIV, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, and hypothyroidism initially presented for dyspnea on exertion, found on EKG to have electrical alternans. Telemetry showed intermittent type2 second degree AV block. Transthoracic echocardiogram was notable for large pericardial effusion, ejection fraction 35%, grade 1 diastolic dysfunction, early diastolic right ventricular […]
Abstract Number: L48
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: Implanted central venous port catheters (ports) are widely used for chemotherapy, total parenteral nutrition and blood monitoring. If placed in the subclavian vein, up to 15% of patients who receive implanted ports have immediate complications, including venous injury, pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum. Long-term ports are associated with delayed complications, including thrombosis, occurring in 1.9-21.5% […]
Abstract Number: M34
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 69 year old male patient who at baseline was fully functional, presented with new-onset, progressive left lower extremity (LLE) weakness for 8 days. Patient’s weakness began with difficulty sitting to standing and progressed to inability to climb stairs, requiring a cane and then wheelchair in a span of 5 days. He had […]
Abstract Number: N29
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 44-year-old female with rheumatoid arthritis, recently started on methotrexate and infliximab presented to hospital on two occasions, one month apart, with fever, malaise, night sweats and abdominal discomfort. On both occasions she was hypotensive and pancytopenic (initial WBC 2.04 K/UL, Hbg 6.2 g/dL and Plt 131 K/UL). Both admissions were also characterized […]
Abstract Number: N38
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 48 year-old male presented Landstuhl Regional Medical Center with epigastric pain and fevers that had progressed to pain in the right lower quadrant. He lived in Cameroon until 30 years old and had recently deployed to West Africa. Computed Tomography (CT) of his abdomen demonstrated thickening of his right colon with extra-luminal […]
Abstract Number: O34
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: 72 year old male presented with two months of fever, night sweats and malaise. He later developed dyspnea and was hospitalised twice. CT chest revealed scattered bilateral nodular lung opacities. He had dental work done prior to symptom onset and was thus thought to have right sided infective endocarditis (IE) with septic emboli. […]