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Abstract Number: 574
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 65-year-old African American male with known comorbidities of Hypertension, coronary artery disease was brought to the hospital with a new-onset seizure. Upon presentation, vital signs were within normal limits. Physical examination noted left gaze preference, right hemiplegia, and aphasia. All labs including blood chemistries, complete blood counts, infectious workup, and urine drug […]
Abstract Number: 582
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: Ectopic Liver is generally observed intra-abdominally, its extension supra-diaphragmatically is a rare occurrence. There are only 23 such reported cases in literature with the majority being reported in younger age groups as an extension of the caudate lobe of the liver through a diaphragmatic hernia(1,2). However, the presentation of an ectopic liver as […]
Abstract Number: 595
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 73 year old male patient was referred to our facility for further evaluation of abnormal cardiac imaging. Patient has no prior history of coronary artery disease, has history of stage I (pT1bN0M0) renal cell carcinoma (RCC) status post right nephrectomy 12 years prior to his presentation. He had no evidence of residual […]
Abstract Number: 604
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old female with a complex medical history including Barrett’s esophagus, Class 3 obesity, obstructive sleep apnea, obesity, atrial fibrillation, and adenocarcinoma of the esophagus in remission, presented with three days of intractable nausea, vomiting, and epigastric abdominal pain. She categorized the pain as sharp and radiating to the right and left upper […]
Abstract Number: 613
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: Our patient is a 24-year-old male with a family history of Antithrombin III (ATIII) deficiency and cerebral aneurysm. He was transferred to our hospital for management of syncope in the setting of a pulmonary embolism (PE). While at work as a landscaper, he felt lightheaded and diaphoretic. The following day, he syncopized, had bladder […]
Abstract Number: 619
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 75-year-old male with atrial fibrillation on apixaban and eradicated HCV presented to the Emergency Department one day after a syncopal episode with right upper quadrant abdominal pain. On initial presentation, he was hemodynamically unstable with hypotension and atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response. His vital signs normalized after 2 liters of intravenous […]
Abstract Number: 622
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old female with hypertension and tobacco use presented with two months of new onset constipation and progressively worsening, diffuse, generalized abdominal pain, early satiety, and a 30-pound weight loss. She was found to be anemic. A colonoscopy was performed that was unremarkable. Two months later, with no symptomatic improvement with laxatives, she […]
Abstract Number: 629
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: This is a 49 year old female, with no significant medical history, who started having intermittent fevers, night sweats, and fatigue 11 months prior. She reported a temperature of 100.4°F with cough and rhinorrhea, diagnosed as bronchitis with an elevated CRP of 40 mg/L. She reported some improvement with azithromycin but continued to […]
Abstract Number: 633
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 37-year old G2P2002 female with recent vaginal delivery one month prior, presented with progressively worsening intermittent head, neck and back pain localized to the right side for the past two months. She reported tongue deviation and slurred speech. After the delivery, she began breastfeeding and noticed a lump on her right breast […]
Abstract Number: 647
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 69 year-old Mexican man with a history of polysubstance abuse presented to the hospital for fever and dysphagia of 4 weeks duration. CT of the chest taken at an outside facility showed a large esophageal mass with right hilar and left supraclavicular lymphadenopathy (Figure 1). Given concern for malignancy, an EGD with […]