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Search Results for lymphohistiocytosis
Abstract Number: 513
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old previously healthy female presented with a two-week history of intermittent fever with non-pruritic rash, generalized myalgias and arthralgia, weakness, and chest pain. Her exam revealed temperature of 39.3 degrees Celsius, anterior chest tenderness to palpation, diffuse salmon-colored maculopapular rash at bilateral extensor surfaces of upper extremities, and multiple coalescing annular rash […]
Abstract Number: 516
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 40 year-old male went camping in southeast Missouri in May and suffered tick bites. He developed a fever, rash and myalgias. He was treated with doxycycline, which was discontinued due to anaphylaxis. Due to worsening abdominal pain and fatigue he went to the hospital. He was febrile, ill-appearing, and jaundiced. He had […]
Abstract Number: 572
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 37-year-old woman with a history of HTN and ESRD due to preeclampsia now on hemodialysis presented to the hospital for two days of weakness, confusion, and fever. Notably, she had a recent history of blood cultures growing Acinetobacter for which she had received a course of antibiotics. Blood cultures taken at dialysis […]
Abstract Number: 617
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 23-year-old male with granulomatosis with polyangiitis with renal involvement (on azathioprine), stage 4 chronic kidney disease (baseline renal function) presented with fever, weight loss, and new pancytopenia. Broad-spectrum antibiotics were started and a comprehensive infectious work-up was done, including bacterial cultures, viral tests, and fungal serologies. Initial imaging was unremarkable for any […]
Abstract Number: 633
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old man with PMH of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (with good hematologic response to Ibrutinib, stopped three months ago due to persistent fevers of unknown etiology), nephrolithiasis (with recent ureteral stent placement), presented with fever to 40.5 degrees Celsius. Patient was found to have E. coli bacteremia due to urinary tract infection and […]
Abstract Number: 633
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 57-year-old man with congestive heart failure and coronary artery disease presented with shortness of breath of two days duration. He denied fevers, chills, chest pain, or cough. Presenting vitals were significant for oxygen saturation of 80%, requiring. All other vitals were within normal limits. Physical exam was unremarkable. His labs were significant […]
Abstract Number: 661
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old male with a past medical history of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), in remission following chemotherapy in 2018, left MCA CVA in 2016 without significant residual deficits, restless leg syndrome, neurodegenerative motor neuron disease with lower extremity spasticity, and peripheral neuropathy was brought to the hospital for weeks of increasing confusion and generalized […]
Abstract Number: 693
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A healthy 38 yo woman presented to hospital with 3 weeks of fatigue. She was recently treated for a urinary tract infection but continued to feel unwell. She complained of mild LUQ abdominal pain. On review of systems she endorsed weight loss, fever and night sweats but denied chest pain, dyspnea, easy bleeding, […]
Abstract Number: 708
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 27-year-old incarcerated female with no past medical history presented with abdominal pain and fevers. Initial workup demonstrated neutropenia, anemia, and thrombocytopenia as well as an elevated ferritin level of 2000mg/dL. Abdominal imaging revealed hepatomegaly and diffuse adenopathy concerning for a lymphoproliferative disorder. A comprehensive workup revealed a positive EBV PCR, positive HSV […]
Abstract Number: 720
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 39-year-old previously healthy woman presented to the hospital with worsening fever, arthralgia, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea after discovering a tick bite two weeks prior. She was diagnosed outpatient with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) ten days before hospital presentation and was prescribed doxycycline, although she missed most doses due to emesis. On […]