Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine Ultrasound

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32 year old female with no past medical history presents with cough for two weeks, no fever, no sputum. Multiple sick contacts with same symptoms at work. She acutely presents with left rib pain for several days.  She reports no trauma, and noted the sharp, positional pain during a fit of coughing. Her vital signs are all within normal limits. She is breathing comfortably, with good air movement, no wheezes, rales, or ronchi. She displays point tenderness over her anterior left 8th rib at the anterior axillary line.  A chest x-ray was ordered; images are below.

 

Sonopalpation of the tender area revealed the following:

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Posted by Bret On December - 1 - 2011 cases education XRS

X-Ray Stinks #1: Finger Injury

In this new series we will highlight cases where ultrasound proved more useful than x-ray.

A seven year old boy presented with distal phalanx pain, tenderness after a fall.

The following x-ray was performed:

XRS1 x ray XRS   1What is your diagnosis? Can ultrasound help? How would you perform an ultrasound on such a superficial structure?

The following ultrasound of the distal finger was performed (probe marker towards fingertip):

XRS1 phalanx fx XRS   1What is your diagnosis now? Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by Bret On May - 21 - 2010 cases XRS

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