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Abstract Number: 784
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 30-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented with one year of progressive vision loss. He saw an ophthalmologist one month after the initial onset and described it as a “dark curtain” progressing from his central vision. He was diagnosed with decreased visual acuity bilaterally. He was prompted to go to […]
Abstract Number: 816
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 58-year old male with no self-reported history presented to the hospital with hematochezia. Digital rectal exam revealed external hemorrhoids, shallow anal ulcers, a palpable internal rectal mass and frank blood. During his hospital course he required multiple blood transfusions for hemoglobin levels of 5-6 g/dL with ongoing rectal bleeding. CT and MRI […]
Abstract Number: 819
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 36- year-old female with asthma presented with worsening anasarca, malaise, headache, and subjective cognitive decline over three weeks. She had been to numerous hospitals and clinics for her symptoms. Despite various treatments, including Ciprofloxacin for presumed UTI, her symptoms continued to progress. A urinalysis at an outside hospital showed 4+ protein. On […]
Abstract Number: 824
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 51-year-old male with a past medical history of diabetes, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease (CKD) presented to the hospital following a fall at home. The patient described a disease course that started six months prior with bilateral knee weakness and shooting pains that progressed to severe gait imbalance and inability to ambulate. […]
Abstract Number: 842
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 44 year-old HIV-positive man on HAART with a CD4 count of 340 cells/mm3 and a history of primary syphilis treated with penicillin G benzathine presented to the ophthalmology clinic with five days of right eye redness, lacrimation, blurred vision and floaters. Examination of right eye revealed conjunctival injection and eyelid edema. Visual […]
Abstract Number: 958
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old male with a history of hypertension and bipolar disorder presented with abdominal and groin pain, and unintentional 40lb weight loss over the past 4 months. Furthermore he reported fevers, chills, hematuria, and dysuria. On physical exam he had right upper quadrant abdominal tenderness, bilateral hard and immobile inguinal lymph nodes, and […]
Abstract Number: C42
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old man presented with 3 weeks of headache and 3 days of chin numbness. He also reported subjective fever and night sweats. His past medical history included HIV for which he was on antiretroviral therapy (last CD4 902 x10^6/L and undetectable viral load). His vital signs were normal. He had decreased sensation […]
Abstract Number: I36
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: The patient is a 54-year-old male, with history of HIV (diagnosed in 2004), previous history of treated syphilis, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and hypertension. He presented with non-pruritic rash that spread from the face to the trunk and extremities except the palms and soles. The rash started as circular macules then became nodular […]
Abstract Number: M42
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: An uninsured, homeless 26-year-old male with no past medical history presented with two weeks of progressive left eye vision loss described as a central enlarging black spot progressing to complete vison loss. Three months prior, he describes a painless, penile bump and a skin rash which started on his hands and feet. He […]
Abstract Number: O39
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 57-year-old female presented with a three-month history of confusion and weight loss secondary to decreased oral intake, with three weeks of new onset paranoia. Family reported she exhibited disorganized behavior and hallucinations, associated with urinary incontinence, unsteadiness, dysphagia, and odynophagia. Medical history was negative for psychiatric illness or STI. Her family history […]