Ultrasound Case 112
A 30 year old woman who is currently 30 weeks gestation presents to the ED with abrupt, severe right loin pain.
Clinical cases and self assessment problems from the Ultrasound library to enhance interpretation skills through Ultrasound problems. Preparation for examinations.
A 30 year old woman who is currently 30 weeks gestation presents to the ED with abrupt, severe right loin pain.
A 45 year old woman with chronic alcoholic liver disease presents to the ED with exertional dyspnoea and is noted to have a SpO2 of 90% at rest despite having a normal chest examination and CXR.
A 40 yo man is admitted with lobar pneumonia. He develops new atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response; becomes hypotensive and increasingly dyspnoeic.
A 6 year old boy presents with lower abdominal pain and vomiting. He has had intermittent pain for a week thought to be due to mesenteric adenitis.
An 18 year old presents with progressive swelling and erythema of his distal phalanx. The question was asked - is this a simple paronychia?
A middle aged man presents with a painful, bruised swollen penis after feeling a sharp snap and pain during sexual intercourse. This resulted in immediate detumescence, swelling and pain.
Presentation A 19 year old woman presents with LUQ pain post minor trauma. Your registrar comes to you with this clip concerned they have found a supcapsular splenic haematoma. What do you think? Describe and interpret these scans
A 74 year old man presents with increasing fluid overload and hypotension. He has small complexes on his ECG and you are asked to assess for a pericardial effusion. There is lots of fluid, can you describe where it is?
A 70 year old male presents with fever and right upper quadrant pain. Describe the findings on ultrasound
A 27 year old man presents with 10 hours of right testicular pain. He suffered minor trauma to the testis 20 hours prior to presentation and attributed the severe pain and swelling to that
A 55 year old man presents with upper calf tenderness and slight swelling. He has just returned from trekking in Nepal. He has a minor knee effusion clinically with tender subtle swelling of his upper calf. You consider the probable differential as DVT, calf muscle injury and Baker's cyst with or without rupture.
A 47 year old previously healthy man presents with sore throat / neck, dry cough and shortness of breath for 2 weeks. This had not improved despite inhalers and a course of antibiotics. He also describes widespread aches and pains including in both calves. There is some swelling in his right lower neck and you wonder whether it is lymphadenopathy, an abscess or something else.