Meeting
Abstract Number: 709
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 24-year-old Hispanic female with a past medical history of diabetes mellitus and hyperthyroidism presented with slurred speech for one day that was associated with left-sided upper and lower extremity weakness. She did not use tobacco, alcohol, or illicit drugs. She had sinus tachycardia at 170 beats per minute and was febrile with […]
Abstract Number: 811
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: Stroke in young patients are fortunately less common but have a disproportionately large economic and healthcare impact by leaving the victims disabled before their most productive years. Here we present a case of young lady with repeated ischemic stroke due to underlying abnormal cerebral vasculature. Interestingly, her hyperthyroid state was predisposing factor and […]
Abstract Number: 871
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A two–year-old previously healthy boy presented with the chief complaint of acute onset left-sided weakness in the setting of recent fever and upper respiratory symptoms. Admission exam was notable for left-sided facial droop, weakness of upper and lower extremities, and inability to walk. Initial CT head was notable for a right basal ganglia […]