Ultrasound Case 095
A 44 year old woman presents with calf pain after a long hike followed by a long flight. Her upper medial calf is particularly tender. You consider Baker's cyst, calf muscle tear and DVT the most likely differentials.
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Clinical cases and self assessment problems from the Ultrasound library to enhance interpretation skills through Ultrasound problems. Preparation for examinations.
Ultrasound Case 094
A 68 year old male presents 2 weeks post coronary artery bypass grafting. He describes continuing chest wall pain, increasing shortness of breath and poor exercise tolerance. You wonder whether this is a pericardial effusion have a look.
Ultrasound Case 093
A 9 year old boy presented with fever and right flank pain. The concern was pyelonephritis. Look at the first image and see what you think.
Ultrasound Case 092
A 38 year old patient with diabetes and end-stage renal failure presents with arm pain and sepsis. You are asked whether there is a drainable collection.
Ultrasound Case 086
A 75 year old man with a history of fibrosing alveolitis, on home oxygen presented with chest and neck pain, a strange and altered voice and itchy sensation in his throat, and swelling of his neck. It had gradually worsened over 10 days prior to presentation
Ultrasound Case 085
A 35 year old man presents with a swollen and uncomfortable right arm. He states his arm feels heavy and weak. You perform a vascular ultrasound
Ultrasound Case 083
A 27 year old man presents with pain localised to the RIF. Clinically there is mild psoas irritation and tenderness to deep palpation without frank peritonism.
Ultrasound Case 082
43 year old male develops minor scrotal discomfort and an ultrasound is requested. A mysterious case of the Dancing Megasperm and the filarial dance.
Ultrasound Case 081
A 70 year old man was admitted to hospital with a "viral illness". A peripheral IV cannula was inserted into his right cubital fossa
Ultrasound Case 080
A previously well 56 year old presents after a flight. She has had some fleeting chest discomfort and some mild shortness of breath.
Ultrasound Case 076
A 53 year old woman presents with abdominal pain. She has had recurrent bowel obstructions and left this 24 hours before presenting hoping it would settle. You scan her abdomen.
Ultrasound Case 075
A patient in early pregnancy presents with pelvic pain and heavy vaginal bleeding. She has been bleeding heavily over the last hour. She tells you she had an ultrasound 2 weeks ago, at 5 weeks gestation which showed an intrauterine pregnancy, but was too early to detect cardiac activity.