A 35-year-old right handed male with no significant past medical history presents with a deep hand laceration. The patient states they suffered a cut with a box cutter at a construction site. He presents to the ED with profound difficulty extending his middle and ring finger and a laceration over the extensor surface. What is the diagnosis?
A 32-year-old male with HIV presents to the ED for loss of taste. He noticed white plaques on his tongue. Although painless, the plaque is associated with a cotton sensation and a dull sense of taste. The patient reports being compliant with his medications and denies other symptoms. His tongue is c...
A 41-year-old male with no significant past medical history presents with a deep hand laceration. The patient states they were cutting an avocado when the knife pierced through and punctured his hand. He presented to the emergency department because he is having numbness distal to the site of injury, as well as constant bleeding and some difficulty with flexing his finger.
A 75-year-old male presents to the ED with right facial swelling since last night. He is also complaining of pain and subjective fevers. Initial vital signs include BP of 150/85, HR 103, T 100.8, RR 18, SpO2 97% on RA. Exam reveals the patient to be ill-appearing with a focal area of swelling medial...
A 65-year-old female with a history of diabetes, hypertension, obesity, chronic lymphedema and venous insufficiency presents to the ED with redness to her right leg noted 2 days ago but worsening since yesterday. She has had pruritus and swelling to the site accompanied by a painful burning sensatio...
A 3-year-old male presents to the ED with one week of daily fevers >102°F associated with four days of rash on the trunk. His parents have been managing his fevers with acetaminophen and ibuprofen, but became worried today when they noticed redness and swelling of the tongue in addition to swelling...
An 8-year-old boy presents with left eyelid swelling for 2 days. Parents report the swelling has progressively worsened and is greater in the upper eyelid. It is associated with erythema, warmth, and tenderness. They also note subjective fevers. For the past week, the patient had watery rhinorrhea, ...
A 53-year-old female with a history of hypertension presents to the ED with headache and dizziness. Her symptoms have been constant over the last two weeks. Triage vital signs (VS) include BP 163/89, HR 78, T 98.4, RR 14, SpO2 98% on room air. On exam, no nystagmus is noted. Her extraocular movem...
