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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

  • May 2008 Challenge

    A 22-year-old right-hand dominant male with known retained glass foreign bodies (fb) in his for two months duration. The patient has seen several hand surgeons and told it would be best to leave the fb's alone. The patient presents to the ED stating he can no longer perform his job duties due to...
    Posted to EMsono Challenge (Weblog) by Rob on 05-13-2008

  • Case of the Week - Case # 64

    A 27-year-old male presents to the ED after injuring his right leg. He states that he tripped while running down some stairs and adds he believes he twisted his knee prior to hitting the ground at the base of the stairs. On examination, he has a large knee effusion. His x-rays are negative for fracture...
    Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 02-19-2008

  • February 2008 EMsono Challenge

    A 40-year-old female presents with non-traumatic left hand pain. Patient is right-hand dominant and has no significant PMH. Pt states she is unemployed and did not do anything that could have caused this pain. On examination, her vital signs are stable and she is afebrile. She has swelling on the dorsal...
    Posted to EMsono Challenge (Weblog) by Rob on 02-14-2008

  • Case of the Week - Case # 53

    A 56-year-old male with PMH of chronic alcoholism and Hepatitis C presents to the ED with 2 days of right hand pain. Pt states he is not sure what happened. He remembers being in an altercation and being pushed down several steps. He adds that he is concerned that he was bit because the assailant had...
    Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 12-03-2007

  • Case of the Week - Case # 52

    48-year-old white male presents to ED 5 days after crush injury at work with a heavy wooden box. For the past few days he has been experiencing worsening pain, redness and swelling in this right index finger. His vital signs are stable and he is afebrile. On examination, you notice fusiform swelling...
    Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 11-26-2007

  • Case of the Week - Case # 49

    A 39-year-old male presents to the ED with a swollen left ankle. He states he was bit by his cat two days ago and has noted progressive pain and redness. On examination, the patient is febrile at 38.4 C and his exam reveals extensive erythema over the ankle with several puncture wounds noted medially...
    Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 10-30-2007
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