Collar Button Abscess Answer post to “Picture Blog: Hand Pain“ Diagnosis This patient has a collar button abscess with necrotizing fasciitis. A collar button abscess is an abscess of the interdigital web space. There is typically a recent history of trauma to the area, most likely a laceration or Read more…
A middle-aged man with a past medical history of poorly-controlled diabetes presents to the ED with three days of hand swelling, redness, and excruciating pain. 1. What is the diagnosis? 2. What are you especially concerned about in this patient? 3. What is the management? Image de-identified and in compliance Read more…
(Featured image from © 2020 American Academy of Ophthalmology at http://www.aao.org) Patient presentation: A 65-year-old woman presents to your ED complaining of pain in her left eye. She says that she was walking past a construction site and suddenly felt left eye pain. She says that she cannot see out of her Read more…
A 65-year-old woman presents to your ED complaining of pain in her left eye. She says that she was walking past a construction site and suddenly felt left eye pain. She says that she cannot see out of her left eye at all and is very concerned. What is the Read more…
A 7-year-old male with no known past medical history presents with a new rash for 3 days. His parents say that no one else in the apartment has any new skin changes, but they think that other people in the building have complained of new “rashes”. He shows you where Read more…
Welcome to the new picture blog! We will be posting pictures of visual diagnoses in the beginning of the week with answers to be posted at the end of the week. Here is the case for week 1: A 7 year old male with no known past medical history presents Read more…
Thanks for all the responses! Here is short version of the answer for those of you with ADD. Keep on reading for the details! Our patient had sick sinus syndrome with a sinus bradycardia on top of her malfunctioning pacemaker. She was admitted to medicine for CHF exacerbation. The inpatient team Read more…
So for this post… we’re going to combine some EKG action with some good ole’ CXR reading… Since we’re not just doing Rhythm Nation or X-ray Vision… we’re going to call it Rhythm Vision! Here’s the case: Your patient is little old granny, an 85 year old woman with a Read more…