Home

Welcome to UCSD Ultrasound

Recent Posts 

Case 48: The Gut Feeling Was Right

June 20th, 2025

Kanchi Mehta A 38yo male with history of diverticulitis complicated by sepsis presented to the ED with lower quadrant abdominal pain. He noted that the pain started 2 weeks ago and became worse. He reported normal bowel movements in the morning, denied fever/chills, nausea, vomiting, or genitourinary symptoms. A rec...

Read more

Case 47: Abdominal Wall Perforation

June 13th, 2025

Cloie June Chiong A 37 year old male with a past medical history of ulcerative colitis, now status-post total abdominal colectomy with a creation of end ileostomy, left-sided ureteral lysis due to retroperitoneal fibrosis, robotic-assisted proctectomy with creation of an ileoanal pouch and diverting loop ileostomy, ...

Read more

Case 46: Skin and Soft Tissue Infection

June 6th, 2025

Alma Fregoso Leyva 73 year old male with a past medical history of coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, COPD, pulmonary fibrosis on 5L NC, and left lower extremity prosthetic joint infection s/p total femur replacement presented via EMS with 3 days of worsening left lower leg pain and swelling. He repo...

Read more

Case 45: Distal Both Bone Fracture

March 17th, 2025

Teini Elisara Case An 82 year old female with a past medical history of anemia of chronic disease, breast cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, osteoporosis, rectal adenocarcinoma, scleroderma with pulmonary involvement, and systemic lupus erythematosus presented to the emergency department after a mechanical ...

Read more

Case 44: Interscalene Nerve Block for Shoulder Dislocation

March 10th, 2025

Josh Gieschen Case: 32yo male with no PMH who presents following a fall down the stairs with no head strike or loss of consciousness. He endorses left shoulder pain and inability to range his left shoulder. He has never dislocated his shoulder before. His pain is 8/10 and limited to the L shoulder, worse with mot...

Read more

Case 43: Shortness of Breath

February 24th, 2025

Molly Chou An 83-year-old male presented to our emergency department with shortness of breath. He woke up that morning with symptoms and called EMS. On arrival, the patient was alert and oriented with SpO2 90% on room air. The patient had a recent admission for right middle and lower lobe pneumonia. He also reported...

Read more

Case 42: Nephrolithiasis

February 11th, 2025

Alex Liang, Rachna Subramony A 48 year old male with past medical history of Crohn’s Disease, cryptogenic cirrhosis, pancytopenia, portal vein thrombosis, Factor V Leiden, and prior history of kidney stones presenting with right sided flank pain, dysuria, and hematuria worsening over the past 4 days. He reports simi...

Read more

Case 41: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

December 19th, 2024

Skyler Sloane, Benjamin Supat, Colleen Campbell An 83-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of acute onset lower abdominal pain radiating to the right groin. The patient reported a history of hypertension, coronary artery disease, and nephrolithiasis.  Vitals: BP 71/51 | P...

Read more

Translate »