A 36-year-old female with no significant past medical history presents with pain and swelling to her right middle finger that has worsened over the last 3 days…
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A 64-year-old male with a history of hypertension, glaucoma, and central retinal vein occlusion presents to the emergency department in August with 2 weeks of progressively worsening, non-radiating abdominal pain. He describes feeling something “stuck” in his upper abdomen. He developed a dry cough around the same time as the abdominal pain and finds that coughing exacerbates the pain…
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A 50-year-old male presents to the emergency department with leg swelling. The patient has a past medical history of diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension. He lives at home alone. He states that he has had a wound on his foot for the past several days. He has been wearing his shoes around the house and has been unable to take them off because his foot has become swollen…
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A 33-year-old male presents to the ED with ongoing left lower extremity pain and a few days of malaise. He has a history of bipolar I disorder, as well as chronic alcohol, tobacco and marijuana use. He first presented to his primary care doctor six days ago with erythema and pain over the left medial malleolus. At that time he had no other symptoms and physical exam was otherwise unremarkable. He was treated for presumed cellulitis with doxycycline, which he took at half of the prescribed dose due to a miscommunication with his doctor…
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A 31 y.o. male presents to the Emergency Department with a chief complaint of swelling of his right leg. He has no past medical history, and his social history is significant for polysubstance use disorder and housing insecurity. He primarily injects opioids and cocaine and has had periods of time where he received medication assisted treatment with buprenorphine. On exam, there is an area of erythema and swelling on the lower right extremity that does not overly the joints. The area is warm and tender to palpation. There is no obvious wound or purulent drainage. The remainder of a 12 point Review of Systems is negative…
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