Meeting
Abstract Number: 386
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 57 year old man with a history of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), chronic kidney disease (CKD) and hypertension presented with two weeks of exertional dyspnea and lower extremity edema, followed by 4-days of progressive tongue swelling. One-month prior, he was initiated on an ACE inhibitor (ACEi) and experienced tongue […]
Abstract Number: 902
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old African American male with history of supraventricular tachycardia presented after an episode of chest pain and syncope. He endorsed progressive exertional dyspnea, paroxysmal orthopnea, and worsening abdominal swelling of several weeks duration. Exam findings included jugular venous distention, crackles to mid lungs, distended abdomen, and bilateral +3 pitting edema. EKG had […]
Abstract Number: 1146
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 53-year-old woman with a history of irritable bowel syndrome-diarrhea (IBS-D), chronic pain syndrome and years of nonspecific symptoms including chronic diarrhea and neuropathy, presented with bilateral lower extremity edema. Multiple outpatient visits and studies demonstrated nonspecific autoimmune condition with questionable monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) as well as a presumed diagnosis […]