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Case of the Week - Case # 85

A 52-year-old male presents with right leg pain. He is morbidly obese and has calf tenderness on the right. You perform a focused venous compression ultrasound from the groin to the knee and do not find a DVT. You subsequently scan the area of tenderness within the calf and note the following... Take...

Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 07-21-2008
Case of the Week - Case # 63

A 45-year-old male presents with calf pain for the past 7 days. The patient denies any trauma, prolonged travel or prior history of DVT. On exam, his vitals are stable. His right calf is 4.5 cm larger than his left calf. He has a positive Homan's sign on the right. You perform a venous compression...

Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 02-12-2008
Case of the Week - Case # 45

54-year-old male presents with right leg swelling of 5 days duration. He denies hx of DVT. He has a history of metastatic lung CA. He denies fever or trauma. His vitals are stable. You perform a bedside ultrasound and note the following... Take the case

Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 09-30-2007
Case of the Week - Case # 10

A 67-year-old female presents to the ED with posterior knee pain. Your resident has just completed an orthopedics rotation and is convinced that the patient has a baker’s cyst. She is moderately obese and physical examination reveals no definitive swelling. You perform an evaluation of the posterior...

Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 01-03-2007

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