Meeting
Abstract Number: 480
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old male with a history of 45 pack-year smoking, peptic ulcer, and cholecystectomy 5 months ago presented with worsening epigastric pain and 70-pound weight loss over the last 3 months, associated with subjective fevers, drenching night sweat, and malaise. The patient was hospitalized a month ago for the same reason, when computed […]
Abstract Number: 523
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 70 year male presented to the emergency department with complaints of worsening fatigue, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, dyspnea, and increased lower extremity edema. He had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer 3 months ago and recently started on chemotherapy. An abdominal CT scan revealed massive ascites and multiple liver abscesses essentially replacing the […]
Abstract Number: 1017
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 74-year-old gentleman presented with right upper quadrant pain, nausea, fever, and chills for one-week duration. Initial workup showed simple hepatic cyst and subsequently was discharged with oral antibiotics. The patient returned a week later for persistent right upper quadrant pain and high-grade fevers. No prior history of jaundice, weight loss, intravenous drug […]