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Search Results for Multiple Myeloma
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: 730
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: 80-year-old retired bus driver was admitted to the ER after multiple falls at home, generalized weakness, back pain and body aches. Patient developed generalized weakness over the last two weeks. Patient reported four-day history of blurry vision involving the right eye and observed drooping of the right eyelid over the past two days […]
Abstract Number: 776
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 73 year old female with previous history of IgG lambda multiple myeloma presented to the emergency room with three weeks of gradually worsening shortness of breath, fatigue, and loss of appetite. Her multiple myeloma was diagnosed 2.5 years ago and she had since undergone several rounds of radiation and chemotherapy. Upon arrival […]
Abstract Number: 792
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 72-year-old man with known multiple myeloma is admitted to hospital for initiation of chemotherapy due to cancer progression. He was first diagnosed with smoldering myeloma in 2003. He was then diagnosed with multiple myeloma after a bone marrow biopsy in 2021 revealed 98% plasma cells. One year after diagnosis, he started noticing […]
Abstract Number: 797
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old female with a history of Castleman disease presented outpatient with painful progressive “stocking-and-glove” polyneuropathy. She was referred for EMG, which demonstrated significant sensorimotor neuropathy. Notable lab findings months prior included new subclinical hypothyroidism, normocytic anemia, and thrombocytosis. Given her presentation, she was admitted for expedited evaluation. Upon arrival, neurology and hematology […]
Abstract Number: 825
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 71 year-old female presented to the emergency department with six weeks of worsening nausea and emesis. Her symptoms were associated with anorexia, 10-pound unintentional weight loss, and urinary incontinence. Past medical history was significant for right-sided breast cancer, status post partial mastectomy and radiation, 25 years prior to presentation. Physical examination showed […]
Abstract Number: 887
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: We present a case series of three patients who developed secondary B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) after multiple myeloma (MM) treatment. Case 1: A 71-year-old male with a four-year history of standard-risk kappa MM presented with weakness, fever, cough, and pancytopenia. His MM had initially been treated with six cycles of lenalidomide (R), […]
Abstract Number: 899
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: 71-year-old male with multiple myeloma being treated with dexamethasone, elotuzumab and bortezomib, prior mediastinal plasmacytoma s/p chest radiation therapy and Crohn’s disease was admitted with high-grade fever, chills, productive cough. Labs revealed pancytopenia with neutrophil count of 1.2. Patient was started on broad-spectrum antibiotics for febrile neutropenia. IV Azithromycin was added to the […]
Abstract Number: 910
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 23-year-old female with a one-year history of intermittent back pain who presented to an outside hospital with acutely worsened low back pain, and new onset left leg weakness, constipation, and urinary retention. She did not have health insurance and was unable to seek proper medical care. She had been told her pain […]
Abstract Number: 1046
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 79-year-old male with a past medical history of non-small cell lung cancer and squamous cell carcinoma of the left tonsil presented with right hip pain for the past couple of months. The pain had been progressively increasing and was associated with swelling around the joint. The patient had a bilateral hip replacement […]