Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

A Middle-Aged Man with Several Weeks of Midfoot Pain

A new patient—a 45-year-old man who says he’s been plagued by midfoot pain for several weeks—presents to your urgent care center. The foot is normal in appearance, but it is evident that the patient has pain palpation over the midfoot. There is no pain with palpation over the plantar aspect. Skin does not show signs of infection. The neurovascular status is intact. View the image taken and consider your next steps, along with possible diagnoses.

Finger Injured by a Hammer Blow

A 33-year-old man presents to the urgent care 2 hours after hitting his middle finger of his left hand with a hammer. He has severe pain and has wrapped the finger in bacon. His pain increases as he moves through the range of motion, and he has numbness over the tip of the finger. He has no other injuries, and his tetanus immunization is up to date. View the image taken (Figure 1) and consider …