Posts in Radiology
SNAP! A pediatric fall onto an outstretched hand!

A 21-month-old male presented to the emergency department with right upper extremity pain after a fall from a chair. He was initially discharged after unrevealing x-rays of the right upper extremity. However, after being discharged, the patient and his mother were called back in to the emergency department after an attending pediatric radiologist overread the xrays and identified a posterior fat pad…

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Yank that Ank! A Maisonneuve Fracture With An Associated Ankle Dislocation and a Discussion of the Identification, Management, and Disposition of Various Ankle Fractures in the Emergency Department.

A 24-year-old healthy male presented to the emergency department (ED) with right ankle pain…

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Rethinking Acute Traumatic Central Cord Syndrome

The patient in this case is a 64-year-old male with a history of hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, rheumatic heart disease, and a previous C3-C6 laminectomy and fusion who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with a chief complaint of new-onset, bilateral upper extremity weakness and paresthesia following an unwitnessed fall…

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Will Achilles Heal? When Calcaneal Fractures Are Surgical Emergencies

A 20-year-old otherwise healthy male presents to the emergency department for right lower extremity pain after being tackled during a football scrimmage 2 days ago. He thought it would get better over time by taking ibuprofen, but still cannot walk on it…

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