Clinical Cases
Interesting Cases from Day-to-Day Practice
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...
Case 70: A Silent and Rapid Expansion
Natalie Sarafian, Elaine Yu
A 62-year-old male with a history notable for HFrEF (on Lasix), HIV, cirrhosis with varices, ulcerative colitis, methamphetamine use, and Hodgkin’s lymphoma (in remissio...
Case 69: Expedited Workup for a Low-Risk Pulmonary Embolism
Julia Kelly, Cameron Smyres
A 62-year-old man who was recently diagnosed with colon cancer presents to the ED after being diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism on outside CT imaging. The patient had ...
Case 68: Erector Spinae Plane Block for Rib Fracture Pain
Anthony Galvez, Tommy Ngo, Akash Desai
A 62yo male with a history of HIV and hypothyroidism presents to the ED with left-sided chest pain and shortness of breath after a near-syncopal episode follo...