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History of Present Illness:
A 52-year-old male presents to the ED for fever, body aches and urinary frequency. He denies any abdominal or flank pain, dysuria, unprotected sex, polydipsia, thirst or other complaints
Vital Signs & Physical Exam:
Vital signs normal except for temperature of 102.o. Physical exam otherwise normal. There is no abdominal or flank tenderness.
Initial Differential Diagnosis:
- Cystitis
- Pyelonephritis
- STD
- Prostatitis
- Diabetes
- Syphilis, the great imitator
Initial Diagnostic Testing:
- EKG: none
- Labs: CBC normal with WBC = 8.9 and 79% PMN. Chem7 normal. UA: WBC >200/hpf, 1+ bacteria
- Imaging: See CT scan below
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ANSWERS:
- What does the case image show? The image shows an enlarged prostate with inflammatory changes and surrounding fat stranding. It looks to me light there is some right sided hydronephrosis as well. But the radiologist didn’t call that.
- What should you do next? Treat with Cipro. Consult urology. Admit
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CASE CONCLUSION: Blood and urine both grew E.coli at 24 hours.
CASE LESSONS: WBC count can look normal in bacteremia. Don’t consider WBC normal if PMN >70%