A 17-Year-Old Girl With Weight Loss and Elevated Inflammatory Markers

Abstract

Dr Toner was a pediatric chief resident at the time of this case and submission, reviewed the patient's case retrospectively (given her interest in hematology and/or oncology), presented at a hospital wide multidisciplinary conference, and provided revisions to the manuscript; Dr Srinivasalu is a rheumatology attending who cared for this patient in the outpatient setting and continues to manage her case and provided revisions to the manuscript; Dr Guerrera is a hematology attending who consulted on this patient's case while she was admitted as an inpatient to the adolescent medicine inpatient service and provided revisions to the manuscript; Ms Shirron is a gastroenterology nurse practitioner who consulted on this patient's case while she was admitted as an inpatient to the adolescent medicine inpatient service and provided revisions to the manuscript; Dr Diamond is a hematology-oncology fellow who has managed this patient both in the inpatient and outpatient settings and provided revisions to the manuscript; Dr Bandarkar is a radiology attending who read the initial imaging studies done on this patient and provided revisions to the manuscript; Dr Chokshi is an outpatient attending and the primary care physician for this patient and provided revisions to the manuscript; and all authors approved the final manuscript as submitted and agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work