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Abstract Number: 566
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 39-year old female with a history of alcohol abuse presented with an eight-day history of numbness involving her bilateral lower extremities and hands which had progressed proximally to involve her chest wall. She reported perioral and perianal numbness, lethargy and difficulty ambulating. Examination was significant for decreased sensation in a glove-stocking distribution, […]
Abstract Number: 598
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 74-year-old Hispanic male patient with a history of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance presented with worsening right upper extremity (RUE) motor weakness for the last few months. This was present in an ulnar nerve distribution with muscle wasting in the hypothenar and fourth and fifth metacarpal areas. Blood work was notable for […]
Abstract Number: 620
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 53-year-old Asian female with no significant past medical history and a lifelong non-smoker without any chronic secondhand smoke exposure presented with a long-standing chronic non-productive cough that persisted over many years. The patient was not taking any prescribed medication(s) or over the counter supplements. Review of symptoms was negative for fever, chills, […]
Abstract Number: 651
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: An 80-year-old man with a history of Type 2 diabetes and chronic lumbar radiculopathy presented to the emergency room after four days of left thigh pain radiating from the groin and progressive left leg weakness, now needing a wheelchair. On exam of his left leg, he had decreased strength in hip flexion and […]
Abstract Number: 661
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: 59-year-old female with Celiac disease and Hypertension presented with polyneuropathy and distal extremity weakness, 6 weeks following shingles vaccine. Her symptoms had slowly progressed with increased numbness, paresthesia, weakness and an inability to ambulate over the previous 6 weeks until admission. She was in her normal state of health prior to that. On […]
Abstract Number: 664
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 55 year old male presented with a 1-week history of severe fatigue, constipation, and diffuse abdominal pain. He reported 1 year of progressive diffuse joint pains, numbness and tingling of bilateral upper and lower extremities, and global muscle weakness recently necessitating use of a wheelchair. He had no past medical history, and […]
Abstract Number: 670
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: 37 y/o M with a past medical history of SARS-CoV-2 infection one month prior presented after a syncopal episode and complained of inability to move his lower extremities. On exam he was hypotensive and had 0/5 motor strength in his bilateral lower extremities, decreased rectal tone, and absent patellar reflexes. Sensation to light […]
Abstract Number: 687
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: We present a 69-year-old man with past medical history of well-controlled type 2 diabetes and multiple myeloma status-post chemotherapy (daratumumab, lenalidomide, bortezomib, melphalan) and subsequent bone marrow transplant (BMT) who presented with subacute progressive bilateral numbness and weakness in his upper and lower extremities and was found to have acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.His […]
Abstract Number: 731
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 23-year-old male with no past medical history presented with neck pain and bilateral arm paresthesia of four-week duration. The patient was prescribed ibuprofen, and an MRI cervical spine was ordered. The MRI showed multilevel degenerative disc disease, and the patient was referred to physical medicine and rehabilitation. In the weeks prior to […]
Abstract Number: 749
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: Mononeuritis multiplex (MM) was first described in 1960 as a hereditable neuropathy favoring the brachial nerve. MM is now known as the painful, asymmetrical destruction of at least two separate peripheral nerves caused by an array of disorders including diabetes mellitus, systemic lupus erythematous, rheumatoid arthritis, and various vasculitides. This clinical case describes […]