Case Reports

Click Here to download the article PDF Urgent message: Headache is most often a benign complaint among patients presenting to urgent care. Vigilance for risk factors and appropriate use of validated screening criteria are essential to uncovering potentially life-threatening etiologies. Paul Hansen, MD Citation: Hansen P. More than a simple headache: using the SNNO-OP10 criteria to screen for life-threatening headache presentations. J Urgent Care Med. 2023;17(9):18-21 ABSTRACT Introduction: Headache is most commonly a benign complaint …
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Click Here to Download the PDF Urgent message: Given the high rate of systemic involvement in patients with anorectal abscess, it is essential for urgent care providers to identify patients with risk factors and, when indicated, ensure those patients receive incision and drainage and appropriate follow-up care.  Cameron W. Galbreath, MSN, FNP-C and Christina Gardner, DHSc, MBA, PA-C Citation: Galbreath C, Gardner C. No butts about it: approaching anorectal abscesses in the urgent care center …
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Urgent message: Though use of point-of-care ultrasound in the evaluation of first trimester pregnancy complaints is not as common in the urgent care setting as it is in th ED, its use can expedite diagnosis and, potentially, lifesaving treatment. Benjamin Mati MD and Richard Rutherford, MD Citation: Mati B, Rutherford R. Point-of-care ultrasound diagnosis of ruptured ectopic pregnancy in an urgent care setting. J Urgent Care Med. 2023;17(7):19-21. Key words: ultrasound, POCUS, ectopic pregnancy, urgent …
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Joshua Russell, MD, MSc, FCUCM, FACEP Key words: paraneoplastic syndrome, gastric cancer, seborrheic keratosis, case report ABSTRACT Introduction: Lesar-Trélat sign (LTS) is an infrequent paraneoplastic phenomenon associated with an array of malignancies. Given that the primary manifestation is a seemingly benign dermatologic issue, such patients may choose urgent care as their initial site of clinical evaluation. Clinical presentation: A 43-year-old man with no significant past medical history presented to UC with complaints of itching and …
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Urgent message: Not all patients presenting to urgent care with chest pain require immediate transfer to a higher-acuity setting. Rather, immediate evaluation in the urgent care center can inform next steps for management on site or, in the event of truly emergent symptoms, transfer. Tushar Menon, MD; Sahil Kapur, DO; Ameera C. Mistry, MD; and David M. Boyd, MD Key words: T-call lymphoblastic lymphoma, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, anterior mediastinal mass, chest pain ABSTRACT Chest pain patients …
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