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Abstract Number: 722
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 4-day old male was born full term at an outside hospital to a mother with a new vesicular labial lesion found during vaginal delivery. A viral culture of the lesion and maternal Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) serology were obtained, but the patient did not undergo further work up or treatment in the […]
Abstract Number: 726
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: Human Herpes Virus 6 (HHV-6) is a member of the herpesviridae family. HHV-6 is the causative agent in roseola infantum, a usually mild and self-limiting childhood exanthem. HHV-6 is also associated with a variety of syndromes in recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), including hepatitis, encephalitis, and bone marrow suppression. However, HHV-6 […]
Abstract Number: 739
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 19-year old female with history of atopic dermatitis and herpes simplex virus (HSV) labialis presented with a 3 day complaint of facial rash. The rash was preceded by two days of sore throat, fever, and body aches. She was initially evaluated at an urgent care clinic where she was prescribed cephalexin for […]
Abstract Number: E27
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: An 85-year-old female with a history of non-Hodgkin’s B-cell lymphoma on Ibrutinib is brought into the emergency department (ED) by ambulance for generalized, progressive weakness and recurrent falls. She was recently diagnosed with herpes zoster 2 weeks prior, on her right upper extremity and denies being started on any medication. She complained of […]
Abstract Number: G36
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 31-year-old man with rheumatoid arthritis (on adalimumab, methotrexate, and prednisone) presented with a 3-day history of fatigue, severe asymmetrical weakness of the lower extremities (left > right), and painful vesicular rash spanning multiple dermatomes in the left > right lower extremities (Image 1). There was no evidence of myelopathy or meningismus on […]
Abstract Number: L33
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: 83 year old female with a history of SLE, rheumatoid arthritis, B-cell lymphoma in remission, hypothyroidism presented with a 4 day history of atraumatic lower back pain, rash to left lower back, nausea, retching, few episodes of small volume, clear vomitus and fatigue. She also reported one year of 25 pound unintentional weight […]
Abstract Number: N26
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 41-year-old man with history of depression and anxiety presented with a 6-day history of severe dysphagia, hoarseness, right ear pain, right-sided headache, and right arm pain with subjective weakness. A local ENT physician had discovered right vocal cord paralysis and referred him for further work up. In our facility basic labs were […]
Abstract Number: 1005
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 28-year-old male with a recently diagnosed HIV infection presented to the hospital with dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain and fatigue for 4 days. Six weeks prior, he was found to have HIV infection with a CD4+ cell count of 17 cells/ul and an HIV viral load of 41,399 copies/mL. He was prescribed antiretroviral […]
Abstract Number: 1099
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 49 year-old man with history of renal transplant due to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis on mycophenolate and prednisone presented with chest tightness, shortness of breath, and productive cough with white sputum for several weeks. He was admitted one month prior with similar complaints and diagnosed with multi-lobar pneumonia. On admission, vital signs were […]
Abstract Number: 1197
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 17-year-old female with no past medical history was admitted to a tertiary care children’s hospital with acute onset of abdominal pain, nausea, emesis, oral ulcers, and vaginal rash. She was sexually active with the last unprotected encounter nine days prior to presentation. She endorsed dysuria but denied vaginal discharge. The patient was […]