Meeting
Abstract Number: 496
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: 53-year-old postmenopausal Caucasian female presented with low-trauma, recurrent metatarsal fractures. She reports her first metatarsal fracture at age 21, and since then had at least 8 more metatarsal fractures over her lifetime. On further inquiry, she reported history of gait disturbance as a child and dental issues (spacing and loosening). Labs showed normal […]
Abstract Number: 639
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 19-year-old male presented with three days of fevers, cough, and pleuritic chest pain. He had a history of cystic fibrosis (CF) with lung and pancreatic involvement and allergic bronchiopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA). Home medications were albuterol, dornase alfa, 3% normal saline, inhaled tobramycin, voriconazole, and pancrelipase. He was febrile, tachycardic, and had diminished […]
Abstract Number: 958
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old male with a history of hypertension and bipolar disorder presented with abdominal and groin pain, and unintentional 40lb weight loss over the past 4 months. Furthermore he reported fevers, chills, hematuria, and dysuria. On physical exam he had right upper quadrant abdominal tenderness, bilateral hard and immobile inguinal lymph nodes, and […]