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Search Results for Polycythemia Vera
Abstract Number: 587
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old male with a history of coronary artery disease, left ventricular (LV) mural thrombus, tobacco use, and recent thalamic, splenic, and renal artery infarcts, presented with two weeks of worsening pain and cyanosis of his left third and fourth toes, associated with claudication. He denied numbness or loss of strength. He denied […]
Abstract Number: 625
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 68-year-old man presented with dizziness, blurry vision, and leg paresthesias for one week, which started after a bout of gastroenteritis. Past medical was notable for an MCA stroke at age 40 with residual left-sided weakness. He was a never-smoker and had no risk for carbon monoxide exposure. On exam, patient had a […]
Abstract Number: 656
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 62-year-old female with a history of polycythemia vera presented to urgent care with swelling, redness, and pain over her right foot and ankle. She denied any trauma or insect bites. She was diagnosed with cellulitis and treated with intravenous Ceftriaxone for 3 days with minimal improvement. She continued therapy with oral Cefpodoxime, […]
Abstract Number: 703
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old-male with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 3 presented with a 6-month history of intermittent lower extremity swelling and a 3-week history of scrotal and abdominal swelling. 9 months prior, he was noted to have worsening renal function and nephrotic range proteinuria (13g) prompting two renal biopsies which demonstrated […]
Abstract Number: D38
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: An 80-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, pre-diabetes, chronic kidney disease (stage 3b), and remote ischemic stroke without residual deficits presented to the emergency department complaining of several hours of epigastric discomfort and malaise. An EKG revealed >1 mm ST segment elevation in leads V4-6 (Fig. 1). The troponin I was elevated […]
Abstract Number: 1136
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 56 year-old man with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, aphasia and right-sided weakness from prior strokes presented with two days of difficulty with speech and ambulation. His vital signs were normal except for an oxygen (O2) saturation of 94% on 6 liters. On exam he was somnolent but able to follow […]