Clinical Cases
Interesting Cases from Day-to-Day Practice
Case 63: Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Inferior Glenohumeral Dislocation (Luxatio Erecta)
Makhlouf Bannoud, Colleen Campbell
A 22-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department with right shoulder pain and visible deformity after a sur...
Case 62: Undifferentiated Hypotension in the setting of Atrial Fibrillation with Rapid Ventricular Response
Lucia Hong, Elaine Yu
A 70-year-old male with a history of cirrhosis, COPD, HTN, T2DM, and large abdominal wall hernia who presented after being found down in his home by a neighbor. Upon arrival, ...
Case 61: Detection of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Using Point-of-Care Ultrasound
Sanjana Sanghani, Gerald Tolbert, Rachna Subramony
A 52-year-old male with a past medical history significant for hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented to the Emergency Department with two days...
Case 60: A Stubborn Sore Throat: Insights through Ultrasound
Sneha Thandra, Anthony Medak
Case: A 19 year old female with a history of palpitations, shortness of breath, and syncope presents to the ED with throat pain with swelling for 3 weeks. The pain was ...
Case 59: Abdominal and Pelvic Pain
Eli Tran, Elaine Yu
20YO female presented to the emergency department with 4-5 days of pelvic/abdominal pain, with abrupt worsening one day prior while resting. Her pain was sharp, sudden, and impr...
Case 58: Large Volume Paracentesis
Angela Wang, Benjamin LiottaA 66-year old male with a longstanding history of alcoholic cirrhosis presents to the ED early in the morning requesting a paracentesis with 10 days of worsening abdominal ...
Case 57: Positional Vertigo in the ED With Incidental Interatrial Shunt on Bubble Study
Carmon Controy, Akash Desai
44 y.o. male, brought by EMS from an outpatient procedure suite after sudden onset vertigo and gait instability following a right TMJ/ CNIII V3 injection. Patient experi...
Case 56: Udderly Blinded: A Case of Chronic Ocular Trauma Unmasked by POCUS
Martin Day, Elaine Yu
A 69-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department after striking his right eye with the handle of a spray hose at work. He repo...
Case 54: Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Polycystic Kidney Disease with Hepatic Involvement
EJ Curtis, Colleen Sweeney, Colleen Campbell
A 70-year-old man with a past medical history of hypertension, obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation status-post Watchman procedu...
Case 53: Forgo the CT Scan: Utilization of Ultrasound In Conjunction With Clinical Tools In Diagnosing Acute Appendicitis
Jeremy Santiago, Anthony Medak
77-year-old female with a past medical history of diabetes mellitus and rheumatoid arthritis presented to the emergency department with 2 days of abdominal pain. Pt r...