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Search Results for Psoriasis
Abstract Number: 580
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 64-year-old woman presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with widespread exanthem that started weeks prior to presentation. She reported having had similar exanthems at the same time the previous two years, which resolved with oral steroid therapy on both occasions. However, they were not as extensive as the present rash. 6 weeks [...]
Abstract Number: 725
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 45-year-old man with alcohol use disorder, immunocompetent HIV, chronic deep vein thrombosis on direct oral anticoagulant, and untreated plaque psoriasis presented with right 2nd digit pain and fever. The patient appeared ill with heart rate of 115 and respiratory rate of 25. On exam, the right 2nd digit was warm and diffusely [...]
Abstract Number: 783
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 51-year-old man with history of psoriasis presented to the emergency department for abdominal discomfort and distention for 2 weeks, associated with fever, weight loss, night sweats, non-productive cough, and shortness of breath. He previously lived in Mexico and was treated in the past for latent tuberculosis (TB) with 6 months of isoniazid. [...]
Abstract Number: E32
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 67-year-old woman with a history of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the lungs and plaque psoriasis presented with subacute pruritic and painful descaling lesions of the skin after pembrolizumab maintenance therapy (Figure 1.A). The lesions on the skin were erythematous and desquamating, worse in the upper extremities, lower extremities, abdomen, and trunk. [...]
Abstract Number: K33
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 35-year-old man with a history HIV/AIDS with a CD4 count 60 and recently treated secondary syphilis presented for acute worsening of chronic rash after restarting Biktarvy. Exam found eruptive, generalized exanthem characterized by oval-shaped, pink, scaly plaques and papules with prominent flexural involvement. The initial differential diagnosis included disseminated bacterial or fungal [...]
Abstract Number: 0540
SHM Converge 2025
Case Presentation: Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin condition characterized by erythematous plaques often over extensor surfaces. There are multiple subtypes including the most severe form, erythrodermic psoriasis (EP), which usually presents with systemic pruritis, and pain accompanied by reddened exfoliation of the skin covering 90% or more of the body’s total surface area[1]. Complications can [...]
Abstract Number: 1012
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old African American man with a sixteen year history of skin rash presents with worsening skin lesions and joint pain. The rash is diffuse, scaly, and pruritic, and the joints in all of his extremities are swollen and painful. Three years ago, a limited rheumatologic workup was negative, and he was diagnosed [...]