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Abstract Number: 396
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 76-year-old man with bladder cancer presented with severe back pain and radiculopathy after receiving treatment with a transurethral resection and subsequent intravesical BCG therapy. His lumbar MRI showed degenerative and morphological changes suggestive of an infection (Figure 1). He was treated with L1-L5 laminectomies and foraminotomies. 3 weeks later, repeat imaging showed […]
Abstract Number: 406
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 70 year-old Moroccan male with a history of gastrointestinal stromal tumor treated with resection and chemotherapy was admitted for dyspnea on exertion and non-productive cough for two weeks. He complained of subjective fevers and weight loss of 47 pounds in 6 months but denied hemoptysis. Lab studies were significant for leukocytosis at […]
Abstract Number: 502
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 27-year-old male with a past medical history of HIV, poorly adherent to antiretroviral therapy (ART), presented with a 1-month history of worsening lower back pain. Pain was described as 10/10 in intensity, radiated to upper back, unrelieved by Ibuprofen, aggravated by lying flat and associated with a frontal headache. He denied fever, […]
Abstract Number: 503
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old man with a history of bladder cancer treated with intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) therapy presented with acute on chronic back pain. Six months prior, he presented with lower back pain, was diagnosed with culture negative bacterial osteomyelitis, and underwent an L3-L5 laminectomy. He was discharged with an empiric 6-week antibiotic course […]
Abstract Number: 513
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 69 year old male with COPD and a 6-year history of a slowly progressing left upper lobe cavitary mass presented to our hospital with new hemoptysis. CT angiogram showed the cavitary mass infiltrating into an artery, as well as a pseudoaneurysm in the left lower lobe consistent with mycobacterial invasion of the […]
Abstract Number: 529
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: An 86-year-old male with a past medical history of bladder cancer, status post Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) therapy 12 months prior, presented to the ED with three months of progressively worsening back pain and weight loss. He denied cough, fever, night sweats, dysuria, recent travel, history of farming, exposure to cattle, or consumption of […]
Abstract Number: 535
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 32-year-old man with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) presented with a painful and swollen right ankle. The patient had been well until 6 weeks ago when he developed a sprain followed by worsening pain and swelling of his ankle. His CD4+ T-lymphocyte count was 169 cells/mm3 with a viral load of 3770 copies/mL. […]
Abstract Number: 541
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 73 year-old Eritrean woman presented with one-month history of non-healing foot wound. While visiting Eritrea, she developed right foot edema, leading to splitting of the skin on the dorsal foot. This developed into a wound requiring hospitalization, debridement, and two week antibiotic course with ampicillin and ciprofloxacin in an Eritrean hospital. No organism […]
Abstract Number: 543
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old male with no significant past medical history or foreign travel history presented to the clinic with a diffuse, pruritic rash. Patient is a wild boar hunter who handled fresh armadillo carcasses without the use of gloves. Patient was born in Pennsylvania and moved to Florida at 6 months of age, no […]
Abstract Number: 560
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 47-year-old previously healthy male was referred from another hospital with fever, dry cough, abdominal pain and diarrhea for about one month. He also had unintentional weight loss of 33 lbs and abdominal distention over 2 months. He was originally from Nigeria and had moved to Japan 10 years ago. A physical exam […]