Meeting
Abstract Number: 800
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 53-year-old male, post-allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) for relapsed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) presented to an outside hospital with high fevers, frontal lobe headaches, and blood-tinged sinus drainage, two weeks after completing chemotherapy. Days later, the patient was transferred to our hospital for advanced care, reporting continued fevers (up to 38.6oC), […]
Abstract Number: 844
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: 19 year old male who presented to Riverside Medical Center with acute onset, progressive bilateral lower extremity weakness and paresthesias, urinary retention and saddle anesthesia. Initial CBC significant for anemia and thrombocytopenia. Peripheral smear showed 67% circulating blasts with occasional Auer rods, which was suggestive of acute myeloid leukemia. Flow cytommetry showed expression […]
Abstract Number: 847
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: An 84-year-old woman with a medical history of asthma and hypertension presented with generalized weakness and poor oral intake. Initial vital signs showed heart rate of 108 beats/minute, blood pressure 146/77 mmHg, temperature of 105.5 F and respiratory rate of 15 breaths/minute. Admission labs showed a leukocytosis (78.56 K/uL cells) with blasts, thrombocytopenia […]
Abstract Number: B34
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old male with type II diabetes presented to the hospital with 3 weeks of oral ulcers involving the left buccal region with spread to the palate and tongue. He also reported odynophagia, poor oral intake, and 40-lb weight loss. He had not responded to outpatient amoxicillin, fluconazole, and nystatin swish and swallow. […]