Meeting
Abstract Number: 439
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: We report a case of a 49-year-old Caucasian male presenting with sudden chest pain worsened by inspiration. Patient reports Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome (BHDS) diagnosis via skin biopsy 5 years ago. Examination is significant for 2-4 mm flesh-colored, dome-shaped papules on the head and neck. No murmurs, chest wall tenderness, wheezing or rhonchi were appreciated. […]
Abstract Number: 538
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 20-year-old male with no known medical conditions presented to the emergency department with acute right-sided chest pain and shortness of breath, which began abruptly while he was playing video games at home. He described the pain as sharp, radiating to the back, 7/10 in severity, and worse with coughing and inspiration. He […]
Abstract Number: 576
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: We present a 26-year-old female with history of endometriosis and recurrent tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA). She was admitted for a TOA in 2021, and her course was complicated by a right sided spontaneous pneumothorax. On review, she had experienced two prior episodes of right-sided pneumothorax in 2017 and 2020.The first episode resolved spontaneously; while […]
Abstract Number: 952
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Thoracic Endometriosis Syndrome (TES) is a rare condition characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue inside the thoracic cavity. It consists of four distinct clinical entities: catamenial pneumothorax, catamenial hemothorax, hemoptysis, and pulmonary nodules. We report the case of a 47-year-old woman with TES presenting as spontaneous hemopneumothorax. Patient is a 47-year old […]