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Search Results for systemic lupus
Abstract Number: 457
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old African-American female presented with two weeks of left neck swelling and fever. Over four months, she had noted fatigue, cough, night sweats, and an unintentional 12-pound weight loss. Two empiric courses of antibiotics effected no clinical change. She had no toxic habits and was sexually active with one male partner. […]
Abstract Number: 459
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: We present an unusual case of a previously healthy patient presenting with a demyelinating polyneuropathy, which was determined to be the initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).This was a 36 year-old female with an unremarkable past medical history who presented with leg weakness that progressively spread to her arms with associated tingling […]
Abstract Number: 470
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Cardiac involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is very common. Despite the relative frequency of pericarditis and pericardial effusions which occur in more than 50% of SLE patients, cardiac tamponade is rare and is seen in less than 3%. Additionally, there have been no consistent reliable predictors of tamponade development in such patients. We report […]
Abstract Number: 471
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old female with history of systemic lupus erythematous (SLE), hypertension, and cirrhosis presented to the ED with altered mental status and generalized weakness for 3 days. Physical exam revealed tachycardia, abdominal distension and tenderness, and weakness of her lower extremities. Labs showed WBC 17.2, total bilirubin 19.8, AST 106, ALT 19, and […]
Abstract Number: 475
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: An 84 year old female with a past medical history significant for systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) presented to the emergency department with fatigue and dizziness. She had recently been admitted to the same hospital with acute kidney injury secondary to lupus nephritis. During that admission, she was started on high dose prednisone, a […]
Abstract Number: 488
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: The patient is a 27-year-old male with lupus anticoagulant with hypoprothrombinemia syndrome (LAHPS)/triple positive antiphospholipid syndrome (APLS) in the setting of systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) and immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) on hydroxychloroquine, mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), and prednisone for immunosuppression, who presented to the ER with worsening right upper quadrant and epigastric pain. RUQ US […]
Abstract Number: 498
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 30 year old African American female with history of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and secondary Lupus nephritis presented with painful erythematous blisters on her hands and feet along with dysphagia and oral ulcers. It was discovered that 2 weeks prior she was started on mycophenolate mofetil for treatment of her lupus […]
Abstract Number: 511
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old Caucasian female with history of mechanical aortic and mitral valves on chronic warfarin therapy, atrial fibrillation, and questionable history of SLE was admitted to the intensive care unit for emergent splenectomy following a motor vehicle accident. After initially being sent home from a regional hospital, she was diagnosed five days later […]
Abstract Number: 532
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 66-year-old female with a history of hypertension presented to the emergency department with one week of lower extremity edema, nausea, and vomiting. On admission, the patient was found to be hyponatremic, hypoalbuminemic, with nephrotic range proteinuria (urine protein-to-creatinine ratio of 8.5 g/g) and acute kidney injury. During the hospital course, the patient’s […]
Abstract Number: 534
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 32-year-old woman with history of lupus not on steroid or immunosuppressive therapy for more than 10 years presented with headache, generalized weakness, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and malaise. On exam, the patient was afebrile with tachycardia and hypotension. She was ill-appearing with a diffusely tender abdomen, mild hepatomegaly, and enlarged axillary and […]