Meeting
Abstract Number: 644
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: Our patient is a 35-year-old male with a history of hypertension who was transferred from an outside hospital (OSH) for renal vein, and inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombosis. A month prior to presentation to the OSH, he had developed acute, right-sided flank pain with nausea. At the OSH, he was diagnosed with nephrolithiasis, [...]
Abstract Number: 774
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 55 yo African American Male with DMII, HTN, CKD, Hyperlipidemia who initially presented with worsening right leg swelling and diagnosed with an unprovoked right femoral vein non-occlusive Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) and occlusive thrombus of the right popliteal vein. The patient underwent tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) administration and mechanical thrombectomy. He was [...]
Abstract Number: 0578
SHM Converge 2025
Case Presentation: A 65-year-old man with hypertension presented to his primary care doctor with six months of lower extremity swelling. He also reported dyspnea on exertion, fatigue, unintentional weight loss, maculopapular rash, and foamy urine. Labs revealed hypoalbuminemia, elevated inflammatory markers, and protein-to-creatinine ratio of 3882, raising concern for nephrotic syndrome.He was referred to nephrology [...]