Clinical Cases
Interesting Cases from Day-to-Day Practice
Case 38: Painless Worsening Vision
Liz Volochyna-Farber
A 37-year-old male with a past medical history of retinal detachment (RD) of the left eye (OS), left eye cataract surgery and retinal tear in the rigth eye (OD) s/p laser prese...
Case 37: Forearm Fracture
Teini Elisara
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An 82 year old female with a past medical history of anemia of chronic disease, breast cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, osteoporosis, rectal adenocarcinoma, scleroderm...
Case 36: Retained Shrapnel
Grace Feng
Case: A 59-year-old male presented with a chief complaint of retained bullet in his abdomen. He reported a past medical history of multiple gunshot wounds in 2017 and had an exploratory ...
Case 35: Intracardiac Mass
Charlotte Ellberg, MD
History:61-year-old man with a history of asthma, colon cancer s/p hemicolectomy (on Xeloda), COPD, presenting with chief complaint of abdominal pain, non-exertional chest pai...
Case 34: Rare Cause of Knee Pain
A 58-year-old female presented with a chief complaint of focal lateral knee pain and swelling. She had a remote history of anterior cruciate ligament repair, as well as medial collateral ligame...
Case 33: Parotid Mass
A 73-year-old male with a past medical history including atrial fibrillation and hypertension presented to the ED for admission for planned resection of a parotid mass with ENT. He first noted pain to...
Case 32: Perforated Gallbladder
A 77-year old man presented to the emergency department with a complaint of appetite loss over the past 15 days. He reported ongoing symptoms for the past 5 months. However, over the previous 1...
Case 31: A Man with Shortness of Breath
A 77-year-old patient presented to a rural Emergency Department with a chief complaint of shortness of breath a day prior to presentation. Patient also reported that he fell several weeks ago and hurt...
Case 30: Ultrasound-Guided Extraction of a Foreign Body
A 53-year-old homeless alcoholic female presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of localized left lower quadrant abdominal pain secondary to a possible gunshot wound. She was...
Case 29: Perforated Diverticulitis
A 37-year-old female presented to the emergency room with severe, radiating bilateral flank pain lasting one week. Pain was constant and pressure-like. Patient had a past medical history significant f...