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Abstract Number: 589
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: An 83-year-old male with type 2 diabetes (hemoglobin A1C of 10.9) and recurrent herpes zoster presented with 3 days of worsening unilateral facial pain, headache, rash, and nausea. Of note, the patient had been vaccinated with the live varicella zoster virus (VZV) vaccine (Zostavax) 3 years prior. Physical exam revealed a right sided […]
Abstract Number: 599
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 76-year old female presented to the emergency department (ED) with fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, back pain and weakness in lower extremities. Two weeks earlier, patient received her first dose of Shingrix vaccine. Just one day after receiving the vaccine, she developed fever and gastrointestinal symptoms. She was admitted to the hospital […]
Abstract Number: 661
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: 59-year-old female with Celiac disease and Hypertension presented with polyneuropathy and distal extremity weakness, 6 weeks following shingles vaccine. Her symptoms had slowly progressed with increased numbness, paresthesia, weakness and an inability to ambulate over the previous 6 weeks until admission. She was in her normal state of health prior to that. On […]
Abstract Number: 858
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 78-year-old woman with medical history of atrial fibrillation, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and osteoporosis presented with left lower extremity weakness and left thigh numbness. The patient was walking when she felt lightheaded and developed left thigh tingling followed by left leg weakness. She presented the next day unable to walk independently. On physical exam […]
Abstract Number: C31
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: 45 year old female with history of pulmonary embolism seven years ago not on anticoagulation presented with chest pain of 4 weeks. Chest pain was sharp, retrosternal, radiating to left upper extremity, neck & back. Chest pain was also positional, worse laying flat but improved on sitting up. It started 48-72 hours of […]
Abstract Number: C44
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 22-year-old healthy female presented in April 2021 for abdominal pain during menstruation. Vital signs and workup with blood counts, metabolic, pregnancy, and sexually transmitted infection panels were unremarkable. Urinalysis showed nitrites, pyuria, bilirubin, and urobilinogen. Ultrasound and CT of the abdomen/pelvis were unremarkable. She was diagnosed with cystitis and prescribed cefuroxime. Urine […]
Abstract Number: C46
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 72-year-old Caucasian woman without a known history of Myasthenia Gravis (MG) presented to the emergency department (ED) with profound fatigue and shortness of breath for 1 week. The patient had received her second Moderna COVID-19 vaccine dose 1.5 weeks prior to presentation.The patient reported that she was in her normal state of […]
Abstract Number: D11
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Guillain barre syndrome(GBS) has been recently associated with COVID-19 disease. Usually, GBS cases are associated with immune stimulation and reported after taking different vaccines, however, there is no confirmed evidence that this is a causal association. In this systematic review, we are investigating cases of GBS that have been reported following the COVID-19 vaccination. […]
Abstract Number: D29
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 38 year old male with a history of anxiety and hypothyroidism who received the second dose of SARS-COV2 Pfizer-Biontech vaccination 17 days prior, presented with 4 days of severe gingival bleeding after dental cleaning, epistaxis and a petechial rash of his extremities and was found to have new onset severe thrombocytopenia of […]
Abstract Number: D33
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: 66 year old male with past medical history of hypertension presented with complains of tingling sensations & weakness involving his hands for 2 weeks. His initial symptoms began with weakness involving bilateral feet, legs & hamstrings that started about 10 weeks prior to this presentation. He received moderna vaccine 1 month prior to […]