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Abstract Number: 335
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 41-year-old male presented to the ER two days after sudden-onset vision loss in his right eye while driving which he described as a “round black spot the size of a large clock.” This prompted him to stop his car and get out, after which he felt off-balance for 10 minutes. The vision […]
Abstract Number: 390
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: An otherwise healthy 31 years old Brazilian male presented to the hospital with two months history of constitutional symptoms, diffuse pruritic rash on torso and extremities, and diffuse lymphadenopathy. He lived with his wife and daughter, and most recent travel to Brazil was three months ago. His father has diabetes and mother died […]
Abstract Number: 426
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 44-year man with history notable for illicit drug use (amphetamine, cocaine), poorly controlled HIV (CD4 count 387, HIV quantitative PCR with a viral load of 188,000) and anaphylaxis with penicillin use presented with a 1-day history of sore throat along with a 1-month history of a warm, diffuse, symmetric, non-pruritic, non-vesicular, maculopapular […]
Abstract Number: 468
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 45 year-old man with no past medical history presented with recurrent nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. He had previously been admitted for nausea and vomiting and was diagnosed with gastritis and discharged home with pantoprazole. It initially improved but he began experiencing postprandial nausea and vomiting again 3-4 weeks ago. His intermittent […]
Abstract Number: 476
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old man presents with painful, progressive bilateral vision loss which began two months prior, and was described as the patient feeling as if he were “looking through a straw”. He noted excruciating eye pain, redness, and tearing. Despite work as a tree trimmer, patient denied known trauma. He endorsed a twenty-pound unintentional […]
Abstract Number: 554
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: Case Presentations: Five new cases of ocular syphilis were diagnosed and treated at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth between December 2020 and August 2021. Although this manifestation is rare, there has been an increase in rate of occurrence of newly diagnosed syphilis cases every year since 2000, to include preliminary data from the CDC […]
Abstract Number: 576
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: There is a trend for increasing frequency of primary and secondary syphilis in developed countries, especially in men who have sex with men. Ocular manifestations of syphilis are rare, occurring in less than one in 1 million persons. Distinctive patterns of syphilitic uveitis include white, focal preretinal opacities, and acute posterior placoid uveitis. […]
Abstract Number: 606
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 56-year-old male with no significant medical history presented to our hospital with progressive monocular vision loss, initially referred by ophthalmology for new diagnosis of uveitis. He initially noticed blurring of vision in his right eye about one month prior to presentation. His ophthalmologist started him on a combination of atropine and Difluprednate eye […]
Abstract Number: 618
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 51-year-old man with type 2 diabetes presented with icterus and generalized, non-pruritic, well-circumscribed, red, papular eruptions, including on his palms and soles. He had no fever, malaise, or arthralgia and no recent/current medication use; he drank alcohol only socially. He had conjunctival icterus and several tiny mucous patches in the oral mucosa. Ultrasound […]
Abstract Number: 631
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 24-year old woman presented to the emergency department with three days of decreased vision after she sustained blunt trauma to her face during a physical altercation. Social history was notable for methamphetamine use and unprotected sexual activity with multiple partners. Physical exam demonstrated right-sided periorbital swelling and tenderness, pupils were equal, round, […]