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Abstract Number: 409
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A six-year-old female presented with ataxia and vomiting. She was running and fell, striking her forehead on the ground. There was no loss of consciousness. She got up and continued to play. About an hour later, she had difficulty feeding herself, trouble walking and started vomiting. The patient had no history of fevers, […]
Abstract Number: 617
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: We report a case of subacute progressive cerebellar ataxia in a 56-year-old male with significant smoking history and COPD, presenting 3 weeks after the start of dizziness and gait ataxia. The patient had associated dysmetria and balance issues, which progressively worsened prompting admission to an outside hospital. There, a CT head was found […]
Abstract Number: 706
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 68 year-old woman with a past medical history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, recurrent Clostridium difficile infection and intra-abdominal abscess for which she was treated with ceftriaxone and metronidazole for six weeks, presented to the emergency department with slurred speech and ataxia. CT head showed no acute hemorrhage, infarction or other intracranial disease […]
Abstract Number: 1006
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: An 89 year-old female with hyperlipidemia presented with diplopia, vertigo, and dysarthria. Seven weeks prior to presentation, she developed horizontal diplopia. Four weeks prior, she noted vertigo with no hearing loss, tinnitus, or aural fullness. Two weeks prior, her speech became slurred. She presented to an outside hospital where MRI with contrast was […]
Abstract Number: 1056
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 58-year-old man presented with acute onset of chest pain, vertigo, and ataxia, described as “falling to the right as objects moved to the left.” History included coronary artery disease requiring multiple stents and remote cerebrovascular accident with residual left upper extremity weakness. Exam was notable for vertical nystagmus. EKG showed left atrial […]