Meeting
Abstract Number: 428
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: Introduction: Tracheal tumors commonly arise as metastasis from neighboring thyroid, esophageal, laryngeal or lung tumors. Primary tracheal tumors are extremely rare with an incidence of 1 in 1,000,000 persons per year. Often presenting with non-specific symptoms, diagnosis is difficult. Case Report: A 59-year-old Caucasian male with a history of marijuana abuse, arterial thrombosis, […]
Abstract Number: 707
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: 75-year-old female with past medical history of obesity (BMI 31.7 kg/m2), paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, hypertension, hypothyroidism, was admitted to the hospital for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Patient tolerated the procedure without complications, however, post operatively, she was difficult to extubate due to hypercapnia of pCO2 of 100 mmHg in arterial blood gas. She was […]
Abstract Number: A31
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: Chondrosarcoma is a tumor of malignant chondrocytes that commonly arises in the proximal femur, pelvis, and hip. We report this very unusual case of a patient presenting initially with chronic voice hoarseness, who was found to have a growing mass in the larynx with features of a chondrosarcoma.A 45-year-old male with a past […]
Abstract Number: O29
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 61 yo female with a medical history significant for chronic pancreatitis, hypertension, brain aneurysm, and cerebrovascular accident presented to the ED for shortness of breath. She was previously admitted to an outside hospital with shortness of breath secondary to ACE-I induced angioedema, during which period she was emergently intubated due to diffuse […]