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Search Results for lymphadenopathy
Abstract Number: M1
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 47-year-old woman with lupus presented with one week of urinary frequency and dysuria. Over the prior year, she had pelvic pain, night sweats, 20 pounds of unintentional weight loss, and eight episodes of pan-susceptible E. coli urinary tract infections (UTIs), each successfully treated. Her chronic medications were prednisone, hydroxychloroquine, and azathioprine.A computed […]
Abstract Number: 365
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: Our patient is a 74-year-old male with a history of thrombocytopenia thought secondary to ITP, hypothyroidism, and prior spontaneous coronary artery dissection requiring cardiac bypass who was transferred from an outside hospital for acute kidney injury and abdominal distention. A few weeks prior to admission, the patient experienced congestion, cough and low-grade fever […]
Abstract Number: 449
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 49 year old man with AIDS on anti-retroviral therapy (CD4 count 113) presented to the hospital with dizziness, abdominal pain, and generalized fatigue and malaise. He developed fever as high as 39.9 degree Celsius shortly after admission along with anemia and thrombocytopenia. The patient underwent complete infectious workup including viral and atypical […]
Abstract Number: 454
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 37-year-old Asian-American woman with a past medical history significant for PCOS, HPV, HSV- 1, iron malabsorption/deficiency, and vitamin B12 deficiency-related anemia presented to the ED with body aches, fever, fatigue, cough, and recurrent URI for the past 3 months. Following treatment, she presented two weeks later to the hematology clinic for scheduled […]
Abstract Number: 528
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 24 year-old woman with history of breast cancer status post mastectomy and adjuvant chemoradiation therapy presented with one week of fevers and cervical lymph node enlargement. On presentation, she was febrile with a temperature of 38.7⁰C. Physical exam was notable for tender, firm, bilateral posterior cervical chain lymphadenopathy up to 1cm. WBC […]
Abstract Number: 557
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old male with hypertension and a history of thalassemia trait presented to the ED for evaluation of two weeks of progressive malaise and widespread tender lymphadenopathy. One week prior, the patient started a course of doxycycline for presumed tick-borne illness by his primary care provider, but worsening symptoms along with diarrhea, vomiting, […]
Abstract Number: 604
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 38-year-old African male with no medical history presented to the emergency department with chronic, intermittent epigastric abdominal pain. Physical exam revealed a diminished left radial pulse but was otherwise unremarkable. Labs were notable for an elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) to 23.7 mg/L (normal
Abstract Number: 628
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 32 year-old African American man with a history of Kikuchi-Fujimoto’s Disease (KFD), presented with 2 weeks of fever, cervical lymphadenopathy and cough. Laboratory tests showed pancytopenia, elevated ESR, positive double stranded DNA and ANA titer. Complement 3 and 4 levels were low. His fever persisted despite broad spectrum antibiotics. Computed tomography (CT) […]
Abstract Number: 643
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 19-year old Caucasian female with a history of atopic dermatitis and mild asthma developed an erythematous maculopapular rash on her bilateral palms and wrists, right-sided tender cervical lymphadenopathy, and nightly fevers and headaches five days after returning from a one-month trip to Cambodia. She presented two weeks after returning from her trip […]
Abstract Number: 644
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 57 years old man with a history of prediabetes and Lyme disease diagnosed two months prior to admission and treated with doxycycline for three weeks, was transferred from another hospital to our institution for recurrent high grade fevers and shaking chills for two months. Originally from Guatemala, he had lived in America […]