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Abstract Number: 534
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old male with a past medical history of hyperlipidemia on atorvastatin and type 2 diabetes presenting with progressive muscle pain and weakness. Who reports proximal muscle weakness, worsening over four years, and most prominent in the lower extremities. He started atorvastatin approximately one year prior to evaluation and has a family history […]
Abstract Number: 575
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 71-year-old female patient with a medical history of coronary artery disease (CAD), hypertension (HTN), and mixed hyperlipidemia presented to our medical facility, reporting chest pain. She underwent a left heart catheterization, revealing significant stenosis in the proximal right coronary artery (RCA), which was successfully treated with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and […]
Abstract Number: 587
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: An 87-year-old female with a history significant for hyperlipidemia on high-intensity atorvastatin for 6 months, multinodular goiter, Raynaud’s disease, spinal stenosis with peripheral neuropathy presents with 3 days of decreased appetite and bilateral lower extremity pain. Her COVID RT-PCR screen was positive, but the patient denied cough, shortness of breath, fever, or diarrhea. […]
Abstract Number: 591
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: This case describes a 72-year-old female with previous left pontine cerebrovascular accident (CVA) in 2019, hypertension and hyperlipidemia who presented to the Emergency Department with worsening bilateral shoulder pain and progressive weakness. Two years prior, statin therapy was started for secondary CVA prevention, however, the statin was discontinued because the Patient developed muscle […]
Abstract Number: 593
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 72 y/o African American male with PMHx of HTN, IDDM, CAD, ESLD 2/2 Hepatitis C in remission with portal hypertension and hepatocellular carcinoma s/p radioembolization presented after a fall at home. He had generalized weakness for 3 weeks with worsening over last 3 days. His ROS significant for diarrhea from lactulose and […]
Abstract Number: 621
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: 66-year-old Caucasian male with history of type 2 diabetes mellitus and prostate cancer presented to the emergency department with 6-week history of progressive weakness. Initially, he noted difficulty arising from a chair signifying weakness in his proximal lower extremity musculature. It then progressed to involve bilateral proximal upper extremities causing difficulty with brushing […]
Abstract Number: 649
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: Statin-induced necrotizing autoimmune myopathy (SINAM) is an immune mediated myopathy characterized by proximal muscle weakness and necrosis in the presence of autoantibodies to hydroxyl-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme-A (HMG-CoA) reductase. It is a rare side effect of statin use that must be recognized quickly in order to prevent the development of irreversible muscle weakness. Most cases occur […]
Abstract Number: 732
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: Statins are commonly prescribed medications that reduce cardiovascular disease. Their side effect profile consists of muscle-related adverse effects that are classified into toxic or autoimmune forms. We present a case of statin-induced necrotizing autoimmune myopathy (SINAM), a recently characterized entity within this spectrum of statin myotoxicity. While rare, it is important to recognize […]
Abstract Number: 748
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: 70-year-old Caucasian lady with medical history of dyslipidemia, lumbar degenerative disease presented to the emergency department after being referred by her primary care physician (PCP) with a complaint of generalized weakness for about two years which worsened over the past six months. She initially had weakness in her lower limbs and had difficulty […]
Abstract Number: 751
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old female with a past medical history of diabetes mellitus type 2, hyperlipidemia, hypothyroidism and GERD presented to emergency department with complaints of weakness and myalgia. The patient reported that she was having trouble dressing and walking upstairs for 2 weeks. She stated that 2 weeks ago she felt weak and fell […]