Meeting
Abstract Number: 605
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 21-year-old male with end-stage renal disease for 3 years (cause unknown) presented to the hospital with a 19lb weight loss (10% of body weight) over 2 months. Exam was notable for jaundice, diffuse abdominal tenderness, and innumerable purple, papular lesions covering his body, which he had noticed for 8 months. Labs revealed […]
Abstract Number: 804
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 59 year-old man with a history of hepatitis C virus infection and hepatocellular carcinoma who received an orthotopic liver transplant 8 years ago, presented with acute onset epigastric pain and melena 6 days after percutaneous liver biopsy was performed to assess for recurrent HCV allograft infection. He had epigastric tenderness with guarding […]