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Search Results for immunotherapy
Abstract Number: 708
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 69 year-old male with widely metastatic melanoma presenting seven weeks into his treatment with ipilimumab and nivolumab with five days of progressive lightheadedness, headache, nausea, non-bloody emesis, and generalized malaise. The patient had witnessed syncope in the clinic and was sent to the emergency room where he was febrile to 100.8 and […]
Abstract Number: 720
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 59 year old man with stage IV lung adenocarcinoma of the right lower lobe with metastases to the ribs and thoracic vertebra presented with shortness of breath, diplopia, and dysphagia. Six weeks prior to presentation he was treated with one cycle of carboplatin, pemetrexed, and pembrolizumab along with palliative radiation therapy to […]
Abstract Number: 726
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 68-year man presented to the hospital due to 2 weeks of acute abdominal pain with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and the inability to tolerate his jejunostomy tube feeds, resulting in 20lbs of weight loss. Past medical history includes Stage 4 gastric adenocarcinoma, coronary artery disease, and hypertension. After diagnosis of gastric cancer 1 […]
Abstract Number: 737
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 74 year old male with a history of atrial fibrillation on rivaroxaban was admitted to an outside hospital with a spontaneous right gluteus medius and piriformis intramuscular hematoma measuring 5.8 cm found on computerized tomography (CT). On admission, he had a hemoglobin of 7.7 gm/dL, an elevated activated partial thromboplastin time not […]
Abstract Number: 747
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 41-year-old male with a history of metastatic squamous cell lung cancer presented with anorexia and fatigue to the emergency department. The patient was diagnosed with metastatic squamous cell lung carcinoma one year prior and was started on Paclitaxel/Carboplatin and Nivolumab/Ipilimumab treatments. Prior to the current presentation, the patient had been experiencing palpitations […]
Abstract Number: 752
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 63 year old female with metastatic melanoma to brain and breast presented to the emergency department with altered mental status. She was disoriented to time and place and unable to follow commands. She had received two doses of immunotherapy with ipilimumab and nivolumab. Her last dose was administered two weeks prior. She […]
Abstract Number: 753
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 55 year old male with metastatic lung cancer presented to the emergency department with right arm pain, weakness and right hand numbness. Patient had brain metastasis previously treated surgically and with radiotherapy. His last treatment with radiation was to the left cerebellum, 3 months prior. Patient was started on pembrolizumab and vorinostat […]
Abstract Number: 782
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 71-year-old man with metastatic melanoma on pembrolizumab, presented with loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, and lightheadedness over the preceding three weeks. He was found to have orthostatic hypotension with dry mucus membranes on physical exam. Laboratory investigation revealed a sodium of 121 mmol/L. An 8am cortisol was checked and found to […]
Abstract Number: 797
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: We present a 31-year-old female patient with a medical history significant for Stage II Breast cancer on Chemo and Immunotherapy (Pembrolizumab) who presents to the Emergency Department for the evaluation of nausea, vomiting, and generalized abdominal pain for 1 day. On arrival, the vital signs were within normal limits. On physical examination, generalized […]
Abstract Number: 813
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: We present a case of a 64-year-old woman with metastatic neuroendocrine pancreatic carcinoma with abrupt left facial and oculomotor cranial nerve palsy as well spastic tetraplegia after one dose of Ipilimumab/Nivolumab. She had a history of sudden onset diplopia, fever and ground-level fall a few hours after her initial dose of immunotherapy. Initial […]