Meeting
Abstract Number: 482
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: This is an 84-year old Caucasian man with a past medical history of hypercholesterinemia who developed dry cough, mild shortness of breath, generalized weakness, and fever 13 days prior to the presentation. Three days after onset, he was tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 virus. His shortness of breath continued to worsen, and the patient [...]
Abstract Number: 522
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: An 80-year old woman with a PMH of a hemorrhagic R thalamic CVA, CKD3, HTN, HLD, T2DM presents for weakness and fevers in the setting of a 1 month long diffuse rash. The rash began on her legs, but spread to gluteal region, chest, arms, and palms/soles. The lesions started as blisters that [...]
Abstract Number: 852
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: 33 yo Caucasian female with a PMH of Graves’ thyrotoxicosis and recurrent acute pancreatitis was admitted for suspected pancreatitis. She presented with acute onset epigastric pain radiating to back. She denied any associated symptoms. Exam showed yellowish discoloration of skin and epigastric tenderness. Recent ultrasound was negative for cholelithiasis or gallbladder wall thickening [...]
Abstract Number: 923
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 84-year-old male veteran with prostate cancer s/p prostatectomy in 2002 with positive margins, uncontrolled type 2 diabetes, untreated hepatitis C, 50-pack-year history, presented for admission after routine labs at his primary care physician’s office revealed prominent eosinophilia of 6,900 and hyponatremia. The patient’s main complaint was generalized pruritus and a one-month pruritic [...]
Abstract Number: 0673
SHM Converge 2025
Case Presentation: We report the case of a 45-year-old female with stage IA triple-negative breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and pembrolizumab who developed secondary adrenal insufficiency due to adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) deficiency six months after stopping the immune checkpoint inhibitor. She presented with persistent nausea, vomiting, weight loss, and altered mental status. Laboratory results [...]