Meeting
Abstract Number: 696
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 65 year old male with hypertension, type II diabetes, heart failure with recovered ejection fraction and emphysema with 30 pack year smoking history started to experience 15 pound weight loss and anemia 18 months ago. Initial presentation to PCP revealed elevated ALP 292U/L and Hemoglobin 12.6g/dL. Cancer screening with CT chest showed [...]
Abstract Number: 0816
SHM Converge 2025
Case Presentation: Hypercalcemia can have adverse effects on the body. Rarely a sign in and of itself, its presence is characteristically associated with an underlying condition. There are usual suspects to consider in the differential but when workup for those return unremarkable, it becomes a challenge to find the underlying etiology.An 80-year-old female with a [...]
Abstract Number: 1018
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: 52-year-old male presented with six-week history of unintentional weight loss, decreased appetite and non-radiating dull suprapubic pain. Review of systems was notable for constipation, polyuria, polydipsia, nausea, and left leg swelling. No family history of cancer or blood dyscrasias. Physical examination revealed blood pressure- 194/114 mmHg, heart rate -105, distended abdomen with hypoactive [...]