Clinical Cases
Interesting Cases from Day-to-Day Practice
Case 80: Ovarian Cyst
Hanna Richkind, Elaine Yu
A 37-year-old woman with a past medical history of anxiety, insomnia, chronic low back pain, and intermittent lower abdominal pain presented to the Emergency Department wi...
Case 79: Uterine Rupture
Rachel Feiner MS4, Anthony J. Medak, MD
A 38-year-old female at 12 weeks gestation presented to the ED with acute-onset abdominal pain following intercourse with associated dizziness, nausea and di...
Case 78: Seizure-Associated Takotsubo Syndrome Complicated by Suspected Left Ventricular Thrombus and Multifocal Ischemic Stroke
Matthew Van Ligten, Bryan Merte
A 52-year-old woman with epilepsy treated with levetiracetam and lamotrigine, hypertension, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma previously treated with chemotherapy and in remi...
Case 77: Pleural Line Irregularities: Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Possible Malignancy
Olivia Yale, Colleen Campbell
A 40-year-old male with no pertinent past medical history apart from significant cigarette use presented to the emergency department, referred from urgent care, for SO...
Case 76: Point-of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis of Prepatellar Bursitis in the Emergency Department
A. Elashmawy, B. Merte, and A. J. Medak
Chief Complaint: Left knee pain and swellingHistory of Present IllnessA 63-year-old male with a past medical history of hypertension and diabetes presented w...
Case 75: Detection of Choledocholithiasis Using Point-of-Care Ultrasound with Limited Visualization of the Common Bile Duct
Maya Ibelaidene, Rachna Subramony
A 45 year old male with a past medical history of gastric sleeve presented to the Emergency Department with two days of progressively worsening right upper quadran...
Case 74: Retinal detachment revealed through POCUS
Sabrina Straus, Rachna Subramony
A 68-year-old female with no past medical history on file presented to the emergency department for evaluation of a painless red left eye and visual disturbance. Sh...
Case 73: Point-of-Care Ultrasound Detection of Uroperitoneum After Orthotopic Neobladder Creation
Hannah Oelschlager MD, Aarish Shahab MD, Rachna Subramony MD, Bryan Merte MD
A 63-year-old man with bladder cancer and type 2 diabetes mellitus presented on postoperative day 8 after robotic-assist...
Case 72: A Ureteral Jet in the Setting of Nonobstructing Nephrolithiasis
Liam DiZio, Elaine Yu
A 43-year-old female with a history of hepatic adenoma status post embolization and microwave ablation presented to the emergency department with one week of constant right fl...
Case 71: Chronic Back Pain
Letitia Mueller, Bryan Merte, Anthony Medak
A 73-year-old female presented from family health center for "unbearable" chronic back pain. She has a complex surgical history, including a T11-sacral p...