{"id":526,"date":"2017-07-08T03:23:50","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T03:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emultrasound.sdsc.edu\/?page_id=526"},"modified":"2020-08-18T01:59:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T01:59:33","slug":"clinical-cases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/emultrasound.ucsd.edu\/index.php\/clinical-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinical Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Case 71: Chronic Back Pain<\/a><\/h5>
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Letitia Mueller, Bryan Merte, Anthony Medak\n\n\n\nA 73-year-old female presented from family health center for \"unbearable\" chronic back pain. She has a complex surgical history, including a T11-sacral p...<\/div>\r\n

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Case 70: A Silent and Rapid Expansion<\/a><\/h5>
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May 3rd, 2026<\/i><\/p>\r\n

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Natalie Sarafian, Elaine Yu\n\n\n\nA 62-year-old male with a history notable for HFrEF (on Lasix), HIV, cirrhosis with varices, ulcerative colitis, methamphetamine use, and Hodgkin\u2019s lymphoma (in remissio...<\/div>\r\n

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Case 69: Expedited Workup for a Low-Risk Pulmonary Embolism<\/a><\/h5>
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Julia Kelly, Cameron Smyres\n\n\n\nA 62-year-old man who was recently diagnosed with colon cancer presents to the ED after being diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism on outside CT imaging. The patient had ...<\/div>\r\n

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Case 68: Erector Spinae Plane Block for Rib Fracture Pain<\/a><\/h5>
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Anthony Galvez, Tommy Ngo, Akash Desai\n\n\n\nA 62yo male with a history of HIV and hypothyroidism presents to the ED with left-sided chest pain and shortness of breath after a near-syncopal episode follo...<\/div>\r\n

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Case 67: D-sign in a Post-Cardiac Surgical Patient<\/a><\/h5>
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Liz Temple, Colleen Campbell\n\n\n\nA 51-year-old male patient with past medical history of mitral valve prolapse s\/p complex mitral valve repair with left atrial appendage exclusion and repair of atrial ...<\/div>\r\n

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Case 66: Rapid Diagnosis of Hemorrhagic Ovarian Cyst in a Reproductive-age Patient<\/a><\/h5>
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Brigid Larkin, Colleen Campbell\n\n\n\nA 20-year-old female with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department with 5 days of focal right lower quadrant abdominal pain progress...<\/div>\r\n

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Case 65: Knee Pain<\/a><\/h5>
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Colleen Sweeney, Akash Desai\n\n\n\nA 55-year-old female with no pertinent past medical or surgical history was brought in by ambulance after a bicycle accident with left knee pain.&nb...<\/div>\r\n

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Case 64: Ocular emergencies: A case of macula-on retinal detachment\u00a0seen\u00a0on POCUS\u202f\u00a0<\/a><\/h5>
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Theresa Jo Thomas\u202f,\u00a0Akash Desai\n\n\n\nCase: A 49-year-old female with a past medical history of type 1 diabetes on insulin and myopia presented to the emergency department for vision ...<\/div>\r\n

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Case 63: \u00a0Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Inferior Glenohumeral Dislocation (Luxatio Erecta)\u00a0<\/a><\/h5>
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Makhlouf Bannoud, Colleen Campbell\n\n\n\n A 22-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department with right shoulder pain and visible deformity after a sur...<\/div>\r\n

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Case 62: Undifferentiated Hypotension in the setting of Atrial Fibrillation with Rapid Ventricular Response<\/a><\/h5>
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Lucia Hong, Elaine Yu\n\n\n\nA 70-year-old male with a history of cirrhosis, COPD, HTN, T2DM, and large abdominal wall hernia who presented after being found down in his home by a neighbor. Upon arrival, ...<\/div>\r\n

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