Meeting
Abstract Number: D36
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: 73-year-old man was diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in 2011 and was treated with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), high dose steroid, rituximab and romiplostim to which he responded and subsequently was weaned off of azathioprine and steroid and achieved remission starting 2012. Eight weeks after receiving second dose of Pfizer’s BNT162b2 vaccination, he noted […]
Abstract Number: I43
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 57 year-old woman without significant past medical history presented with fever, malaise, diffuse painful lymphadenopathy, and palpitations. Patient developed palpitations 4 weeks ago after receiving a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. She later developed painful cervical lymphadenopathy and was treated with metoprolol, levofloxacin, and prednisone with minimal improvement. On admission, […]
Abstract Number: P35
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 53-year-old man with a history of well controlled seizures presented with a swollen left leg, hypoxia and palpitations after a trans-Atlantic flight. Chest computed tomography showed bilateral subsegmental pulmonary emboli, with no evidence of right heart strain. Doppler ultrasonography of the lower extremities showed significant clot burden in the left femoral, popliteal, […]