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  • Case of the Week - Case # 78

    52-year-old laborer presents with swelling to his right middle finger two days after sustaining a puncture wound with a piece of metal. His vitals are stable and he is afebrile. His physical exam is unremarkable with the exception of fusiform swelling and erythema of the digit. There is no evidence of...
    Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 06-03-2008

  • Case of the Week - Case # 16

    22 y.o. male presents with severe right-sided sore throat for 2 days. On examination, he has trismus noted. He has obvious right-sided peritonsillar swelling and his uvula is deviated toward the left. You perform a transverse scan intraorally through the right peritonsillar region. Take the Case
    Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 02-21-2007

  • Case of the Week - Case # 14

    57 year-old male presents with painful swelling of his left neck and fever of 38.9. You suspect the patient has an abscess. Take the Case
    Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 01-31-2007

  • Case of the Week - Case # 13

    17 y.o male presents stating “I need an abscess on my foot drained again.” Patient reports that about once a year he needs to get an abscess drained in the same place on his foot. He denies past trauma or known FB. Patient has no other PMH and he is afebrile with stable vital signs. On examination...
    Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 01-24-2007

  • Case of the Week - Case # 8

    An 8-year-old male presents presents from the pediatric clinic with painful swelling of the right groin. He had been seen also in the clinic by pediatric surgery and he was referred to the ED for further evaluation since the diagnosis could not be made with certainty by clinical examination. The patient...
    Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 12-20-2006
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