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Abstract Number: 445
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 68-year-old male with a past medical history of well controlled diabetes mellitus and chronic lymphocytic leukemia-in remission, presented with a painful right scrotal swelling and redness of four days. The patient denied any previous trauma to the region, urinary symptoms, and recent sexually activity. Ultrasound of the scrotum demonstrated moderate-to-severe epididymo-orchitis. Levofloxacin […]
Abstract Number: 458
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 22-year-old male with a history of substance abuse presented with a non-healing wound to the right lateral ankle. The wound began as a blister several months prior and had been worsening. Review of systems was negative for fever, chills, cough, fatigue, malaise.Physical examination was significant for a 5 cm annular hyperpigmented fungating […]
Abstract Number: 462
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old man with no history of diabetes presented with right sided facial swelling and was found to have HbA1c of 14%. He was treated for sinusitis with augmentin and discharged with close follow-up for new-onset diabetes mellitus type 2. A few days later, he developed new left eye blindness necessitating readmission. On […]
Abstract Number: 467
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A five-year-old boy with autism presented to the hospital with two-months of fatigue, lower extremity pain, and a petechial rash. Review of systems was notable for a two-kilogram weight loss, intermittent gingival bleeding and refusal to walk for one week. On admission he was afebrile with a heart rate of 160 beats per […]
Abstract Number: 468
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: This is a case of cardiac myxoma in a 78-year-old female with a history of atrial fibrillation on chronic anticoagulation. The patient presented to the Emergency Department with left-sided intermittent chest pain and a one-month history of exertional fatigue and dyspnea. Physical examination revealed a diastolic rumble in the left lower sternal border. […]
Abstract Number: 470
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 79-year-old woman with a past medical history of uncontrolled hypertension, migraine, and chronic kidney disease stage 3 presented with one week of poor oral intake, nausea, vomiting, vague abdominal pain, and chronic nonproductive cough. Physical exam revealed poor skin turgor, and lungs with crackles bilaterally. Laboratory studies showed Creatinine of 5.31 mg/dl […]
Abstract Number: 473
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), commonly known as lupus, is a multifaceted autoimmune disorder characterized by a myriad of clinical manifestations, including but not limited to fatigue, joint pain and swelling, and malar rash. Although a common cardiac manifestation of SLE is pericarditis, often accompanied by pericardial effusion, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is not […]
Abstract Number: 484
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: Case: A 27-year-old male presented to the emergency room with fever, night sweats, and productive cough with brown sputum for the past week prior to presentation. He also noted associated anorexia, nausea, and non-bilious, non-bloody vomiting. The patient reported persistent dysphagia that had developed after his laryngeal schwannoma resection 15 years ago. On […]
Abstract Number: 497
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 7-month-old former term female with congenital hypothyroidism was admitted for the third time with a diagnosis of bronchiolitis. Her first admission at 7 weeks of age involved an ICU stay requiring intubation and chest tube placement after a chest X-ray showed a right tension pneumothorax. She suffered no other major complications and […]
Abstract Number: 501
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old never-smoker female with hypothyroidism and rheumatoid arthritis on etanercept presented with intermittent hemoptysis. Three days prior, she reported coughing ~100mL of frank blood and clots (Figure 1) over the course of 24 hours, with smaller volumes over the next two days (~50 mL total). She recounted a similar episode of hemoptysis […]