This feature will challenge your diagnostic acumen with a glimpse of x-rays, electrocardiograms, and photographs of conditions that real urgent care patients have presented with. If you would like to submit a case for consideration, please e-mail the relevant materials and presenting information to [email protected]. Case A 12-year-old presents with severe ankle pain and swelling after twisting an ankle while jumping off a tree limb. View the image taken (Figure 1) and consider what …
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Boy with swollen foot
This image was taken on a 6-year-old male who was wrestling with his cousins when he developed severe pain in his right foot. There was bruising and swelling over the dorsum of the right foot. View the images taken (Figure 1) and consider what your diagnosis would be.
Read MoreClinical Challenge: February, 2014
THE CASE The patient, a 47-year-old woman, twisted her left ankle while playing badminton 24 hours ago and was unable to bear weight on the left foot since then. Examination revealed moderate swelling of the lateral malleolus, no bruise, marked tenderness, slight ankle supination, inversion and adduction. View the image taken (Figure 1) and consider what your diagnosis would be.
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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.
Read MoreClinical Challenge: December, 2010
In each issue, JUCM will challenge your diagnostic acumen with a glimpse of x-rays, electrocardiograms, and photographs of dermatologic conditions that real urgent care patients have presented with. If you would like to submit a case for consideration, please email the relevant materials and presenting information to [email protected]. The patient is a 16-year-old boy who presents with local swelling of both eyelids. There is no limitation in the range of motion of either eye, however. …
Read MoreClinical Challenge: June, 2010
In each issue, JUCM will challenge your diagnostic acumen with a glimpse of x-rays, electrocardiograms, and photographs of dermatologic conditions that real urgent care patients have presented with. If you would like to submit a case for consideration, please e-mail the relevant materials and presenting information to [email protected]. The patient is a 4 1/2 -year-old girl who presents with local pain and swelling in the fifth digit of her left hand. The parents report that …
Read MoreClinical Challenge: April, 2010
In each issue, JUCM will challenge your diagnostic acumen with a glimpse of x-rays, electrocardiograms, and photographs of dermatologic conditions that real urgent care patients have presented with. If you would like to submit a case for consideration, please e-mail the relevant materials and presenting information to [email protected] The patient is a 22-year-old male who fell and landed directly on his shoulder. On examination, you note marked local swelling and decreased range of motion. View …
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56-year-old woman with swollen, plaque covered leg
The patient is an obese 56-year-old woman who presents with unilateral leg swelling. The area has been weeping for days. On examination, you discover a large erythematous, scaly plaque on the right ankle and lower leg. The patient shares with you that five days earlier she was diagnosed by her primary physician with cellulitis and started on “an antibiotic.” There are no other remarkable findings, and she has no fever. View the photo and consider …
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