Practice Management
The patient, a 17-year-old male, presented with a family member to an urgent care center with a history of chest pain for 2 weeks He denied shortness of breath, radiating pain, fever, or any other similar symptoms. His vital signs were stable.
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The patient, a 20-year-old male, had an incidental finding on an x-ray of his right knee. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis would be.
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The patient, a 32-year-old female, presented with a cough and fever. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis would be.
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The patient was a 5-year-old male. His parents reported that he had been febrile for the past several days (fever between 101°F and 103°F [38.3°C to 49.4°C]) and had become increasingly irritable and ill appearing. Exam revealed bilateral conjunctival injection without exudate, dry red lips and red tongue, and perineal erythema with overlying scale. The patient’s lymph nodes were swollen. View the images taken (Figures 1, 2 and 3) and consider what your diagnosis would …
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The patient, an otherwise healthy 9-year-old, tripped, suffered a blow to the right knee and presented with the knee cap in an abnormal position. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be
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The patient, an otherwise healthy 21-year-old, presented with hemoptysis. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be.
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The patient, an otherwise-healthy 75-year-old, was eating fish, felt a swallowed bone, and has experienced progressive dysphagia since. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be
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The patient, an otherwise healthy 2-1/2 year-old, experienced recurrent episodes of abdominal pain without vomiting or diarrhea. On exam, fullness of the abdomen was present. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Click on the button below to see the resolution of the case.
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This otherwise healthy 27-year-old jammed his right finger today. NL distal perfusion. Palpable reduction achieved with traction. Continued instability. Subluxates with flexion. Therefore, placed in splint to return for ortho tonight. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Click on the button below to see the resolution of the case.
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This otherwise healthy 32-year-old patient fell during a soccer game, suffered a blow to the thumb of the left hand, and now has a deformity of that thumb. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Click on the button below to see the resolution of the case.
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