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Search Results for Waldenström Macroglobulinemia
Abstract Number: 439
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 80 year-old-male with past medical history of hypertension, coronary artery disease, chronic systolic heart failure, diabetes mellitus type 2, chronic kidney disease stage 2 presented with acute onset of constant vertigo for 1 day. Patient had a history of intermittent moderate vertigo for 20 years, controlled on meclizine. However, at this presentation, patient’s […]
Abstract Number: 524
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: 68 y/o female presented with symptoms of headache, lightheadedness, visual changes, nausea and fatigue have been ongoing for 7 years but headache specifically has been more persistent over the last few months. She reported the headache to be localized to the left side, temple, behind the eye and sometimes across the front and […]
Abstract Number: 678
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 66 year-old woman with Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (WM), hypertension, and hyperlipidemia presented with acute altered mental status. She had been diagnosed with WM by bone marrow biopsy and was treated with rituximab, then maintained on thalidomide until 2 months prior to presentation. Her mother had suffered from multiple myeloma. Vital signs were normal. […]
Abstract Number: 897
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 68-year-old previously healthy woman was presented to our hospital with acute low back pain that was not triggered by any trauma. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a lumbar compression fracture, and she was admitted to the orthopedic department. Two days later, she developed orthopnea and hypotension, and therefore the orthopedician consulted with […]
Abstract Number: 913
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old female with hypertension was sent to the hospital after anemia was noted on routine outpatient blood tests. Her hemoglobin was 6.8 g/dL with an MCV of 97.1 fL/red cell and an RDW of 19.2%. Platelet count was 146 k/μL and white blood cell count was 4.0 k/μL. She denied chest pain, […]