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Search Results for peripheral neuropathy
Abstract Number: 353
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: This is a 76 year-old female with no significant past medical history who presented to her primary care physician for evaluation of changes in visual acuity and color perception. Two months after initial presentation she was referred to see an ophthalmologist who noted bilateral papilledema. An MRA, MRV, and MRI were obtained without […]
Abstract Number: 372
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old healthy woman, presented with two weeks of cough, nasal congestion, sore throat, intermittent fevers, fatigue, and myalgia but no weakness. She tested positive for the SARS-Cov-2. Physical exam showed no neurologic deficit. Two weeks later, respiratory symptoms were improving but she developed sudden, leg pain, numbness, and weakness. She described it […]
Abstract Number: 434
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 77 year old male with history of diabetes mellitus, systolic heart failure and morbid obesity who presented with multiple episodes of falls occurring over a 2 week period. The patient reported bilateral weakness and pain in the lower extremities, in addition to sensation of paresthesias and numbness. He reported a progressive loss […]
Abstract Number: 533
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 26-year-old male, recently diagnosed with Acute Intermittent Porphyria (AIP), presented with 3 days of sudden onset severe periumbilical pain exacerbated by eating. He reported 20 episodes of non-bloody emesis accompanied by bilateral facial numbness and right-sided chest pain in the 3 days prior to admission, as well as subjective fever, chills, and […]
Abstract Number: 759
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 69 year old male with past medical history of hypertension and lumbar spinal stenosis presented with numbness of the first and second digits of the left hand that progressed to weak grasp over the previous 24 hours. On arrival, vital signs were normal. Exam was significant for a well appearing male in […]
Abstract Number: 769
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 57-year-old female with a history of herpes simplex virus was seen at Rheumatology clinic for 3 weeks of myalgias and arthralgias, positive rheumatoid factor and elevated inflammatory markers. By her first visit, her symptoms resolved. Review of systems revealed chronic sinusitis associated with nasal septal deviation and nasal polyps, which previously failed […]
Abstract Number: 983
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 60 year-old woman with a history of chronic hepatitis C without cirrhosis and schizophrenia with paranoid delusions was admitted with severe progressive bilateral burning foot pain. She had a history of intermittent alcohol use and recent homelessness. She lacked a primary care doctor and sought care for her bilateral lower extremity pain […]
Abstract Number: E46
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 29 year-old man presented with 3 weeks of paresthesias, fatigue, and weight loss. The patient also reported nausea, constipation, urinary urgency, and erectile dysfunction. Physical examination demonstrated decreased temperature perception and sharp-dull discrimination in the bilateral distal lower extremities. Laboratory studies revealed elevated ESR (57 mm/hour), elevated CRP (2.0 mg/dL), and decreased […]
Abstract Number: 1022
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 66 year-old woman presents with three weeks of acute onset bilateral lower extremity pain and foot weakness; two weeks of dyspnea, non-productive cough, epistaxis; and one week of oliguria and lower extremity edema. Her past medical history includes COPD, prior heavy tobacco use, and pre-diabetes. Medications and allergies are non-contributable. Her father […]