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Abstract Number: 622
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 47-year-old African American incarcerated male presented with headache, new seizures, and blurry vision. Spinal fluid showed high protein, lymphocytes, mildly elevated adenosine deaminase, and low glucose. AFB, bacterial, fungal and viral studies were negative. MRI revealed severe basilar meningitis with enhancing nodular density. RIPE (Rifampicin, Isoniazid, Pyrazinamide, Ethambutol) was started, followed by RI […]
Abstract Number: 654
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old male with biopsy-proven untreated pulmonary sarcoidosis presented with altered mental status and fever. He had recent admissions for occipital CVA after presenting with dizziness and blurred vision, and pulmonary emboli after presenting with fevers and dyspnea. Urinalysis and blood cultures were negative. (1-3)-B-d-glucan was elevated to 246 pg/mL (65 years), immunocompromise […]
Abstract Number: 666
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 45 year old African American male with sarcoidosis (2009 lung biopsy) was brought by EMS after an out of hospital ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest. With ACLS, ROSC was attained after 20minutes. He had no family history of sudden death or heart disease. He did not engage in any toxic habits. Exam showed […]
Abstract Number: 673
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: Bone marrow sarcoidosis along renal involvement is extremely rare and diagnosis can be a challenge. Here we report a rare occurrence of sarcoidosis presenting as anemia and Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) without pulmonary involvement. Case Report A 27-year-old female was admitted to hospital with fatigue, abdominal pain, and generalized weakness. Past medical history was […]
Abstract Number: 681
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 56 year old caucasian male with extensive sarcoidosis of the lungs, heart, pancreas and liver had a surveillance 6 month CT scan of the chest+abdomen+pelvis to look for disease progression. Incidentally, he was found to have pneumatosis of the hepatic flexure of colon with surrounding pneumoperitoneum in the absence of associated inflammatory […]
Abstract Number: 686
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 22 year-old female from Guyana with no past medical history presented with shortness of breath, pleuritic chest pain, and dry cough x 5 months. She was treated for community-acquired pneumonia 6 months earlier, though her symptoms persisted. She had an exercise tolerance limited to one block, subjective fevers, malaise, and unintentional weight […]
Abstract Number: 689
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 47 year-old female with hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes presented with two weeks of dyspnea. An ECG a year prior showed normal sinus rhythm. The rhythm strip from a transthoracic echocardiogram incidentally showed complete heart block. An ECG confirmed new persistent third degree AV block. A left heart catheterization ruled out coronary artery […]
Abstract Number: 696
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 65 year old male with hypertension, type II diabetes, heart failure with recovered ejection fraction and emphysema with 30 pack year smoking history started to experience 15 pound weight loss and anemia 18 months ago. Initial presentation to PCP revealed elevated ALP 292U/L and Hemoglobin 12.6g/dL. Cancer screening with CT chest showed […]
Abstract Number: 701
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: Case 1A 49 year old male without past medical history presented to the hospital with 2 weeks of painful bilateral ankle swelling followed by chest pain, cough, and fever. He denied family history of autoimmune disease. Chem 7 and complete blood count were unremarkable. Lower extremity ultrasonography was negative for deep venous thrombosis. […]
Abstract Number: 706
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 26-year-old man from Haiti with no past medical history was hospitalized with a four month history of intermittent fevers, weight loss, and dyspnea. In the ED, he was found to be febrile, tachycardic, and tachypneic with an oxygen saturation of 88% on room air. Physical exam was significant for bilateral rales on […]