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Search Results for Pyomyositis
Abstract Number: 491
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 76-year-old woman with history of non-small cell lung cancer status post chemoradiation five years ago presented with acute onset of diffuse muscle weakness and swelling in bilateral forearms and legs, with a “woody” texture on palpation but without fluctuance. BP and HR were normal, but she had recurrent fevers as high as […]
Abstract Number: 493
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 42-year-old man presented to an outside hospital emergency department with a complaint of worsening left hip pain and swelling. He attributed the pain to a sports related injury from a baseball tournament he had participated in the prior week. He was diagnosed with muscle strain on two previous emergency department visits. Additional […]
Abstract Number: 710
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: An 81-year-old female with history of hypertension and hip osteoarthritis presented from rehabilitation facility with worsening right hip pain, back pain and lower abdominal pain. Laboratory work-up at the facility revealed several derangements, including elevated leukocytes. Patient was afebrile with tachycardia of 106. Pertinent examination findings included tender flexion at the right hip […]
Abstract Number: 723
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 71-year-old male with a PMH of HTN, HLD, tongue cancer, GERD, CAD, and BPH presented to the hospital with a chief complaint of right-side shoulder pain, erythema, and warmth that started two days prior. Two days before noticing these symptoms, he had undergone an EGD without complications where he had a peripheral […]
Abstract Number: 854
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 79 year old man with a history of prostate cancer s/p transurethral resection of the prostate complicated by urethral stricture, urinary retention, and incontinence, congenital unilateral kidney, recurrent deep vein thromboses (DVT) not on anticoagulation, and bilateral knee replacements presented with swelling and redness of his right leg following a 6-hour drive […]