Meeting
Abstract Number: 508
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A previously healthy 12 month old presented to the emergency department with three weeks of progressively worsening generalized edema and one week of fatigue and pallor. Patient was born at term, and growth and development had been appropriate. Mother had stopped breastfeeding several weeks prior to presentation, just before patient’s first birthday. Patient’s […]
Abstract Number: 864
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old woman presented with six months of diarrhea and weight loss, and three months of abdominal distension. Her abdomen was distended and diffusely tender to palpation. Initial labs were notable for an albumin of 3.4 with normal bilirubin, AST, and ALT. Cross-sectional imaging demonstrated large ascites without evidence of liver pathology or […]