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Search Results for Sarcoma
Abstract Number: 579
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 46-year-old male without significant past medical history presented with progressive dyspnea, syncope, and epigastric pain. An electrocardiogram displayed sinus tachycardia without signs of ischemia. A chest radiograph demonstrated a widened mediastinum. A subsequent transthoracic echocardiogram demonstrated pericardial effusion and tamponade. Patient had hypotension that was unresponsive to repeated intravenous fluid boluses, prompting […]
Abstract Number: 581
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 30-year-old morbidly obese woman with a history of Lynch syndrome (hereditary non‐polyposis colorectal cancer), who presented with complaints of lower back pain and subjective fevers. Six months before this presentation she was diagnosed with a large lower paraspinal hematoma treated with embolization and gel foam implantation. Upon presentation, the patient was vitally […]
Abstract Number: 583
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 20 year old male with past medical history significant for chronic phase CML, diagnosed approximately 1 year prior to admission, presents for evaluation of worsening right leg pain over the past 2-3 months. At the time of diagnosis of CML, he was started on Imatinib and shortly after developed diffuse bone pain. […]
Abstract Number: 681
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 58-year-old male with medical history of resected melanoma presented to our hospital with fatigue and exertional dyspnea of 1-week duration. He was found to have complete heart block and a large pericardial effusion. A dual chamber pacemaker was implanted, and pericardial drain was placed. The pericardial fluid was negative for malignancy and […]
Abstract Number: 689
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 76-year-old Chinese woman with history of cryptogenic cirrhosis (MELD-Na 25) presented to our hospital with 1 week of worsening jaundice, abdominal distension, and right upper quadrant pain. Cirrhosis was diagnosed by imaging on admission 2 months previously and presumed to be secondary to Hepatitis C infection due to antibody positivity. CT of […]
Abstract Number: 691
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 20-year-old man with untreated HIV was admitted due to severe thrombocytopenia. He reported diarrhea, episodes of epistaxis and hemoptysis, night sweats and weight loss for past 3 months. Physical exam was significant for scattered, brown papules and plaques on all extremities. CD4 count was > 400 cells/mm3. CT scan of chest showed […]
Abstract Number: 718
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: Mr. J is a 47 year old male with a history of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (CD4 count of 183), chronic kidney disease stage 3 (baseline creatinine of 1.5 mg/dL) and Castleman Disease (CD, previously treated with rituximab) who presented initially with complaints of fevers, dyspnea, generalized weakness, and swelling to the lower […]
Abstract Number: 735
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 36-year-old African American male, with accelerated phase Philadelphia chromosome positive CML on dasatinib, presented to a community hospital with abdominal pain, distention, and melenic stools 10 days after being discharged. During the previous admission, he received treatment for recurrent upper gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage due to a 1cm duodenal bulb ulcer with underlying […]
Abstract Number: 738
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: The patient is a 64-year-old male, BMI 35.6 kg/m2, with a history of diabetes mellitus II, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and recent CAD after syncope, who was under going CABG. A cardiac tumor was incidentally found intraoperatively (Figure 1). The pre-operative transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) was negative for signs of tumor (Figure 2), however, when it […]
Abstract Number: 754
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 52-year-old man originally from West Africa presented with two episodes of hematemesis over one day and with intermittent diffuse abdominal pain and fatigue over one week. He is a known HIV/AIDS patient with poor compliance along with a history of chronic Hepatitis B cirrhosis and moderate-sized varices, H. pylori with non-compliance with […]