CT Case 092
A 92-year-old man presented to emergency with abdominal pain, vomiting and fever. He had been experiencing 24 hours of abdominal pain
Category Medical Specialty
Blue Scrotum Sign of Bryant
Bryant’s sign: Scrotal ecchymosis associated with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) first described in 1903 by John Henry Bryant (1867-1906)
CT Case 091
A 40-year-old female, presents with headache and abrupt left sided visual disturbance. She has a history of T2DM and hypertension.
CT Case 090
A 50-year-old woman presents with 3 days of frank haematuria and left loin pain. She had a fall 1 week prior to her presentation.
Pelvic Binders
Emergency procedure, instructions and discussion: Pelvic binders can be applied to patients following blunt trauma if there is any suspicion of pelvic fracture.
Pelvic Binders
Emergency Procedure: Pelvic Binders. Pelvic binders can be applied to patients following blunt trauma if there is any suspicion of pelvic fracture.
Maurice Sokolow
Maurice Sokolow (1911-2002). American Cardiologist known for his development of ECG criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy (Sokolow-Lyon criteria)
CT Case 089
An 88-year-old lady presents to ED with progressive decline with a background of T2DM, hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia.
Monteggia fracture
Monteggia fracture. Fracture of the proximal or middle third of the ulna with associated radial head dislocation/instability. GB Monteggia 1812
José Luis Bado
José Luis Bado (1903 – 1977) was a Uruguayan surgeon. Eponymously linked to the Bado classification of Monteggia fractures.
Riccardo Galeazzi
Riccardo Galeazzi (1866-1952) was a pioneering Italian orthopaedic surgeon. The eponymous Galeazzi fracture is named after him.
Giovanni Battista Monteggia
Giovanni Battista Montéggia (1762-1815) was an Italian surgeon. Eponym: Monteggia fracture (1812) ulna fracture, radial head dislocation