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Abstract Number: 598
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 77 year old Jehovah’s Witness woman presented with one month of petechial rash, epistaxis and oral mucosal bleeding. There was no recent travel or infectious illness. She denied herbal or toxic ingestions. Her exam was remarkable only for diffuse petechiae. Labwork was significant for new severe thrombocytopenia (2 K/UL), a normal peripheral […]
Abstract Number: 636
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 58-year-old male with previously treated non-Hodgkin lymphoma and multiple myeloma was admitted with 3 weeks of progressively worsening mucocutaneous blisters. The initial pruritic blister was located on the right arm and progressively spread to include his extremities, chest, back, and groin (covering 60% TBSA), with mucosal involvement, and an inability to tolerate […]
Abstract Number: 703
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: 76 year old male with non-Hodgkin lymphoma presented with shortness of breath and cough and was admitted with acute hypoxic respiratory failure (AHRF). Last chemotherapy treatment was one month before presentation with rituximab, in addition to other agents. He had completed 2 out of 6 planned chemotherapy cycles. On physical exam, there were […]
Abstract Number: 737
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old Hispanic woman presented with 5 days of subjective fevers, jaundice, nausea, vomiting, and right-sided abdominal pain. On presentation, she was febrile with borderline hypotension and tachycardia, abdominal tenderness, and laboratory values notable for leukopenia and transaminitis with direct hyperbilirubinemia. The patient received vancomycin, cefepime, metronizadole, and intravenous fluids per sepsis protocol. She was intubated […]
Abstract Number: N29
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 44-year-old female with rheumatoid arthritis, recently started on methotrexate and infliximab presented to hospital on two occasions, one month apart, with fever, malaise, night sweats and abdominal discomfort. On both occasions she was hypotensive and pancytopenic (initial WBC 2.04 K/UL, Hbg 6.2 g/dL and Plt 131 K/UL). Both admissions were also characterized […]