Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

20-year-old has an incidental finding on his x-ray

The patient, a 20-year-old male, had an incidental finding on an x-ray of his right knee. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis would be.

32-year-old female presents with cough and fever

The patient, a 32-year-old female, presented with a cough and fever. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis would be.

5-year-old male exhibits irritability and persistent febrility

The patient was a 5-year-old male. His parents reported that he had been febrile for the past several days (fever between 101°F and 103°F [38.3°C to 49.4°C]) and had become increasingly irritable and ill appearing. Exam revealed bilateral conjunctival injection without exudate, dry red lips and red tongue, and perineal erythema with overlying scale. The patient’s lymph nodes were swollen. View the images taken (Figures 1, 2 and 3) and consider what your diagnosis would …

9-year-old patient trips and receives a blow to right knee

The patient, an otherwise healthy 9-year-old, tripped, suffered a blow to the right knee and presented with the knee cap in an abnormal position. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be

21-year-old presents with hemoptysis

The patient, an otherwise healthy 21-year-old, presented with hemoptysis. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be.

75-year-old experiencing dysphagia after swallowing bone

The patient, an otherwise-healthy 75-year-old, was eating fish, felt a swallowed bone, and has experienced progressive dysphagia since. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be

2-1/2 year-old with recurrent abdominal pain

The patient, an otherwise healthy 2-1/2 year-old, experienced recurrent episodes of abdominal pain without vomiting or diarrhea. On exam, fullness of the abdomen was present. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Click on the button below to see the resolution of the case.

27-year-old presents a jammed right finger

This otherwise healthy 27-year-old jammed his right finger today. NL distal perfusion. Palpable reduction achieved with traction. Continued instability. Subluxates with flexion. Therefore, placed in splint to return for ortho tonight. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Click on the button below to see the resolution of the case.

32-year old experiences deforming blow to left thumb

This otherwise healthy 32-year-old patient fell during a soccer game, suffered a blow to the thumb of the left hand, and now has a deformity of that thumb. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Click on the button below to see the resolution of the case.

22-year-old suffers fall onto right shoulder

This otherwise healthy 22-year-old patient fell and landed directly on the right shoulder. The presentation included marked local swelling and decreased range of motion. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis would be.