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Search Results for Vasculopathy
Abstract Number: 455
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 31-year-old male with past medical history of narcolepsy, migraine, anxiety, depression, and motor tics disorder presented to the hospital complaining of headache, left sided weakness and intermittent left upper extremity paresthesia for 3 days. Physical examination was remarkable for decreased left upper extremity sensation; motor strength was 5/5 in all 4 extremities. […]
Abstract Number: 520
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 28 year-old woman with AIDS and a CD4 count of 178 cells/mm3, not on antiretroviral therapy, presented with odynophagia for 2 weeks as well as increased swelling in her neck and inguinal area. She denied any neurological symptoms. On physical examination, the patient had extensive cervical lymphadenopathy with no other significant findings. […]
Abstract Number: 754
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old female with history of hypertension, fibromyalgia, systemic lupus erythematosus, radiculopathy, anxiety disorder, and childhood varicella presented to an outside hospital for new onset altered mental status. She was diagnosed with acute non-hemorrhagic stroke of the right occipital lobe and anterior right frontal lobe without known cause or findings suggestive of vasculitis […]
Abstract Number: 804
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 49 year-old woman with levamisole-associated skin disease was admitted for worsening lower extremity ulcers and neutropenia in the setting of active cocaine use. Five years prior to admission, she presented in a similar fashion with retiform purpura and ulcerations of the left knee, neutropenia, characteristic autoantibodies, and a skin biopsy demonstrating thrombosis […]
Abstract Number: 835
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: Introduction:Thromboangiitis obliterans, also known as Buerger disease, is a cannabis and tobacco-induced non-atherosclerotic inflammatory disease typically involving both small and medium sized vessels of the extremities. The disease can lead to multiple manifestations including superficial thrombophlebitis, cold sensitivity/ Raynaud phenomenon, digital ischemia, organ ischemia and arthralgias. Case description:A 35-year old cannabis using male, […]
Abstract Number: D44
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 57-year-old female with a history of heart failure with reduced ejection faction, COPD, and a right renal mass presented to the emergency department with a 3-month history of lower leg ulcers. The patient noticed purple discoloration of the lower extremities 2 weeks after receiving the second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine […]