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Abstract Number: 17
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A previously healthy 19 year-old college student presented after coughing up a live worm (Figure 1). The night prior, he had developed a cough and right-sided chest “cramping.” Although he reported respiratory and constitutional symptoms from his concurrent COVID-19 infection, he stated that the cough was atypical and was associated with a sensation […]
Abstract Number: 691
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A female in her late 50’s with a history of T-cell lymphoma presented with intractable nausea and vomiting for one week. Her lymphoma was being treated with cycle four of five of EPOCH (Etoposide, Prednisolone, Oncovin–Vincristine, Cyclophosphamide, and Hydroxydaunorubicin). She was unable to tolerate any oral intake for several days prior to her […]
Abstract Number: 740
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 30 year old M truck driver with a history of herniated disc was referred to the emergency room (ER) by an infectious disease specialist for elevated eosinophils (12.96 K/uL), chest pain (CP) and tachycardia. The patient complained of pleuritic left sided CP without shortness of breath or hemoptysis. Six weeks prior to […]
Abstract Number: 766
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 19-year-old male with a past medical history of malaria and recent immigration to the U.S. from Somalia presented with a witnessed episode of tonic-clonic seizure. He had no history of seizure disorder, recent trauma, new medications, alcohol use, fevers or chills. He was afebrile with stable vital signs. Physical exam including neurological […]
Abstract Number: 817
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A previously healthy two-year-old girl from southeastern Kentucky presented with pallor. She took no medications. Upon review of her diet, she was consuming nearly a gallon of whole milk daily. She enjoyed playing outdoors barefoot with several dogs and had been eating chalk, dirt, sand, and pieces of coal over the past year. […]
Abstract Number: 827
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 46 year-old male from India presented with acute epigastric abdominal pain, dysphagia, decreased appetite, nausea, and generalized weakness. This case starts 6 months prior to admission when he was found to have an elevated creatinine at a routine primary care visit. Subsequently, due to worsening kidney function, a kidney biopsy was performed […]
Abstract Number: J29
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 44-year-old woman presented with five days of intermittent fevers and headaches. Her medical history included hypothyroidism, uterine fibroids, and migraines. The patient lives in East Africa and had traveled to Europe for work within the past month. Three days after flying to NYC, she began to experience subjective daily fevers in the […]
Abstract Number: 1017
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 60-year old male gardener presented with generalized body aches, night sweats, chills, malaise, fevers and headache (frontal and occipital) intermittently for a month. He reported abdominal pain, dyspnea, joint stiffness and myalgia. Around 2 weeks prior, the pain intensified and he received a treatment for upper respiratory infection with azithromycin. He finally […]