Meeting
Abstract Number: 601
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 64-year-old female with non-insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes mellitus presented to the emergency room with a 2-week history of progressive pain and swelling of her left index finger. Prior outpatient evaluation with X-rays and MRI resulted negative, and a Cortisone injection and anti-inflammatories provided no relief. She reported difficulty moving her finger, increased warmth […]
Abstract Number: 685
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 49-year-old healthy man presented to the emergency department with a two-year history of left inguinal pain that had been increasing in frequency and severity, to the point where he experienced difficulty with ambulation. He denied fevers, chills, weight loss, weakness or numbness in the extremity. Physical exam revealed a palpable left groin […]
Abstract Number: 773
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 71-year-old male with a medical history of type 2 diabetes and hypothyroidism presented with six months duration of intermittent pain, swelling, numbness and tingling of his hands. He was previously diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome and had carpal tunnel release of his left wrist five months prior to presentation; however, the swelling […]
Abstract Number: 863
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 31-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with Class IV lupus nephritis presented to the emergency department (ED) from the shelter two weeks after completing induction therapy with cyclophosphamide with a complaint of severe right knee pain and swelling. She was recently in the ED for severe left knee pain, which arthrocentesis […]
Abstract Number: 908
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 54-year-old male patient diabetes mellitus type II presented with pain and swelling involving small joints of bilateral hands with wrists. Synovitis involving bilateral interphalangeal, metacarpo-phalangeal were noted.Labs revealed leukocytosis to 15.7K/microL. Hemoglobin was 7.7 g/dL. Anemia work up revealed low serum iron level of 23 µg/dL, low TIBC at 167ug/dL with saturation of […]