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Search Results for systemic lupus
Abstract Number: 705
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 13-year-old previously healthy boy presented to the emergency department with 1 day of jaundice and scleral icterus as well as acute on chronic progressive abdominal pain. Review of systems was notable for unintentional 5 kg weight loss over the past year, fatigue, oral ulcers, Raynaud’s phenomenon, and gross hematuria. He had no […]
Abstract Number: 714
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old male presented with a new onset focal seizure and dull persistent right sided headaches for 2 weeks. Physical exam was negative for any focal neurological deficit except for a diffuse erythematous rash involving trunk and his extremities, bilateral conjunctival injection and mild confusion. An urgent CT head revealed a small acute […]
Abstract Number: 724
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 53-year-old woman with a history of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) not on immunosuppressive therapy presented with confusion and body rash. She was discharged 2 weeks prior, following admission for bacterial meningitis and brain abscess; her abscess was drained with negative cultures, and she was discharged with a prolonged course of ceftriaxone and […]
Abstract Number: 728
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 19 year old female with a history of systemic lupus was found at home unresponsive by family and brought to a local ED. At the ED she was hyperthermic to 106F and hypotensive then transferred to Vidant Medical Center fevers and septic shock. Of note she had recently been discharged from Duke […]
Abstract Number: 757
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 41- year old female with history of hypertension was admitted to our hospital with complaints of intermittent diffuse abdominal pain, diarrhea, and generalized rash. Vital signs were normal. Physical examination was notable for diffuse maculopapular rash. Laboratory investigations showed pancytopenia and acute renal failure. Further investigations were positive for a speckled pattern ANA, […]
Abstract Number: 770
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 26-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) of ten years (status post renal transplant complicated by secondary acute rejection) presented to the Emergency Department with a week and a half of bilateral lower extremity edema and nausea. The patient’s lower extremity edema began nine days prior to admission and was slowly worsening. […]
Abstract Number: 793
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 25-year-old female patient presented to the hospital with intermittent fever and frontal headache for the past month and sudden onset bilateral lower limb sensorimotor weakness along with sphincter dysfunction for the past 2 days. There was no history of neck rigidity or back pain. No incidence of trauma, dizziness, or loss of […]
Abstract Number: 825
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: Introduction:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disorder that most commonly affects younger women. Late onset SLE is relatively rare and represents a specific subgroup. Laryngeal involvement in SLE is uncommon and has a wide range of disease severity. Case: A 68 year old female patient with history of diabetes mellitus type […]
Abstract Number: 830
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is known for its diverse clinical presentations. We present the case of a 41-year-old African American male prisoner with an initial presentation featuring bilateral submandibular, sublingual, and parotid swelling with concurrent facial angioedema and fever. The patient was presumed to have Ludwig’s Angina, yet initial treatment with broad spectrum […]
Abstract Number: 845
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old G2P2 woman with a history of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that has been serologically and clinically quiescent for 15 years, lupus nephritis at 25-years-old that was treated with cyclophosphamide, and HELLP syndrome during her first pregnancy, presented with fatigue and dyspnea one month after her second son was delivered via C-section. […]