Meeting
Abstract Number: 364
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 64-year-old woman with a history of ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn’s disease, asthma, and prior diagnosis of drug-induced lupus presents for a diffuse pruritic rash. Six days prior, she developed a single flat violaceous lesion limited to her left jaw and urticaria on her chest. She was started on prednisone 60 mg by her […]
Abstract Number: 761
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A healthy 39-year-old man was admitted to the hospitalist service for an extensive rash that was suspicious for Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS). He presented with diffuse bullae and desquamation of the pelvis and lower extremities (Image A). One week prior to admission, the patient applied topical Nigella sativa oil (colloquially known as black cumin […]
Abstract Number: 859
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A thirty-three year-old woman presented with four days of rash progressing to facial swelling with painful oral ulcers and difficulty swallowing as well as vaginal pain with painful urination. She also endorsed headaches, arthralgias, and fevers. Her past medical history was significant for a recent IUD placement. Besides prescriptions for diphenhydramine and prednisone […]
Abstract Number: 877
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 38-year-old woman with well-controlled Crohn’s disease on immunosuppression presented to the emergency department with a three- day history of rash and fevers following antimicrobial treatment at an outside urgent care facility for presumed bacterial sinusitis. At the urgent care facility, she had received intramuscular ceftriaxone, oral azithromycin, and oral prednisone. The following […]