Case An 80-year-old man woke up with a localized area of erythema on his forehead. He didn’t think much of it, until the lesion slowly became white and then started turning blue over a few hours. He says that the lesion is painful and is getting larger and darker. He denies the presence of headaches, muscle pain, abdominal pain, sweating, and tremors.
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Man with blood in the eye
This image was taken of a 35-year-old man who presented to the urgent care center with blood in the anterior chamber of his eye after he was hit in the eye with a baseball. He bled from his nose, and his right eye swelled shut because of eyelid edema. Initial nasal hemorrhage was controlled, but he was referred to the emergency department because of pain in the inferior orbit. View the image taken (Figure 1) …
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Boy with swollen foot
This image was taken on a 6-year-old male who was wrestling with his cousins when he developed severe pain in his right foot. There was bruising and swelling over the dorsum of the right foot. View the images taken (Figure 1) and consider what your diagnosis would be.
Read MoreClinical Challenge: December, 2014
THE CASE This x-ray was taken on a woman who fell off a ladder. View the image taken (Figure 1) and consider what your diagnosis would be.
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Woman with rash
This image was taken of a 44-year-old female who presented to the urgent care center with an itchy rash on her arms and legs that she has never had before. Four 4 days ago, she returned from a church retreat at a camp where she slept in a cabin in the woods. Most of the retreat was indoors. She is the only one with a rash and her husband, who slept in a different bed, …
Read MoreClinical Challenge: November, 2014
The Case This x-ray was taken on a 72-year-old man who presented to urgent care after falling off a step stool while trimming branches. He landed directly on his left shoulder and was unable to lift his arm over his head due to severe pain. He thought his shoulder was dislocated. View the image taken (Figure 1) and consider what your diagnosis would be.
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Man with bruised hand
These x-rays were taken on a 47-year-old male who presented to an urgent care clinic 3 days after punching a wall. He had pain, massive swelling, and bruising at the base of the 3rd, 4th and 5th metacarpals of the right hand. View the images taken (Figure 1) and consider what your diagnosis would be.
Read MoreClinical Challenge 2: October 2014
The Case This x-ray was taken on a young basketball player with foot pain and no specific injury. View the image taken (Figure 1) and consider what your diagnosis would be.
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Man with blow to shoulder
This x-ray was taken on a man with a direct blow to his anterior shoulder. View the image taken (Figure 1) and consider what your diagnosis would be.
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Woman with pain, swelling, and warmth in wrist
This x-ray was taken on a woman with sub-acute, non-traumatic pain, swelling, and warmth in her wrist. View the image taken (Figure 1) and consider what your diagnosis would be.
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