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Search Results for Neuropathy
Abstract Number: 353
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: This is a 76 year-old female with no significant past medical history who presented to her primary care physician for evaluation of changes in visual acuity and color perception. Two months after initial presentation she was referred to see an ophthalmologist who noted bilateral papilledema. An MRA, MRV, and MRI were obtained without […]
Abstract Number: 372
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old healthy woman, presented with two weeks of cough, nasal congestion, sore throat, intermittent fevers, fatigue, and myalgia but no weakness. She tested positive for the SARS-Cov-2. Physical exam showed no neurologic deficit. Two weeks later, respiratory symptoms were improving but she developed sudden, leg pain, numbness, and weakness. She described it […]
Abstract Number: 434
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 77 year old male with history of diabetes mellitus, systolic heart failure and morbid obesity who presented with multiple episodes of falls occurring over a 2 week period. The patient reported bilateral weakness and pain in the lower extremities, in addition to sensation of paresthesias and numbness. He reported a progressive loss […]
Abstract Number: 459
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: We present an unusual case of a previously healthy patient presenting with a demyelinating polyneuropathy, which was determined to be the initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).This was a 36 year-old female with an unremarkable past medical history who presented with leg weakness that progressively spread to her arms with associated tingling […]
Abstract Number: 467
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 40 year old woman with history of stroke at age 35 was admitted from an outside hospital with a CT-PE scan showing diffuse “osteoblastic” lesions and bilateral axillary lymphadenopathy. She complained of progressive weakness and painful paresthesias in her upper and lower extremities, diffuse body swelling, and a 100-lb weight loss all […]
Abstract Number: 476
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 79 year old African American female with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, EF 35-40%, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, hypothyroidism, mild pulmonary hypertension, obesity, and mixed hyperlipidemia, presented with worsening dizziness and bipedal edema for 2 weeks. Patient reported stopping diuretics and carvedilol due to persistent hypotension for several months. Patient noted unintentional weight loss of […]
Abstract Number: 501
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old gentleman with past medical history significant for chronic hypoxic and hypercapneic respiratory failure from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (FEV1 of 0.76 liters, 22% of predicted), hyperlipidemia, and hypertension presented with worsening exertional shortness of breath of four days duration. He also had dry cough. He denied fever, chills, chest pain, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea or […]
Abstract Number: 533
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 26-year-old male, recently diagnosed with Acute Intermittent Porphyria (AIP), presented with 3 days of sudden onset severe periumbilical pain exacerbated by eating. He reported 20 episodes of non-bloody emesis accompanied by bilateral facial numbness and right-sided chest pain in the 3 days prior to admission, as well as subjective fever, chills, and […]
Abstract Number: 542
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: We report a case of a 44 year old female with a history of hepatitis C and alcoholic cirrhosis, abstinent from alcohol for about two years, who presented from a nursing facility with few weeks of confusion and bilateral lower extremity weakness and imbalance. Her family reported that she was oriented, communicative and […]
Abstract Number: 559
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 65 year-old female with past medical history of type 1 diabetes mellitus, renal transplant, breast cancer, sarcoidosis, and hypothyroidism presented with acute onset of severe pain, numbness, and weakness of bilateral upper and lower extremities. The patient developed rapidly progressive fatigue and weakness over three days following acute bronchitis six weeks prior. […]