Images In Emergency Medicine

The Aquarium Sign: Another Opportunity for Detection of Perforated Viscus

Gorgone, DO, et al.

A 61-year-old male with history of alcohol abuse and presumed cirrhosis presented to the emergency department with generalized weakness and right facial droop. He was found to be profoundly hypotensive and hypothermic with subsequent rapid decompensation requiring intubation and continuous norepinephrine infusion.

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Identifying a Disc-shaped Foreign Body

Lee, MD, et al.

A four-year-old girl presented to the emergency department vomiting after a foreign body ingestion. An anteroposterior plain radiograph demonstrated a disc-shaped foreign body.

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Young Male with Seizures

Ayyan, MD, et al.

A 30-year-old Asian male presented with a history of generalized tonic-clonic seizures an hour before presenting to emergency department.

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Multiple Carpometacarpal Dislocations

Davies, MD, et al.

A 30-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) complaining of right-hand pain after punching a wall in anger approximately one hour prior to arrival.

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Dyspnea in a Patient with Melanoma

Bontempo, MD, MEd, et al.

A 50-year-old woman with widely metastatic melanoma presented to the emergency department with dyspnea. She was found to be tachypneic, hypoxic, tachycardic, and hypotensive.

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A Benign Case of Hepatic Gas

Hou, MS, et al.

A 33-year-old obese male with a history of well-controlled type II diabetes and hyperlipidemia presented to the emergency department with a one-day history of recurrent non-bloody diarrhea and abdominal pain in the morning progressing to significant nausea, increased non-radiating abdominal pain, and multiple episodes of non-bilious, non-bloody emesis in the evening.

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Pemphigoid Gestationis

Kukkamalla, MD, et al.

A 32-year-old female gravida 3 para 2 presented to the emergency department (ED) with two weeks of hyperpigmented macular and blistering rash involving bilateral upper and lower extremities (Image 1) and trunk (Image 2).

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Patient with Swollen Neck

Elagandhala, MD, et al.

A 25-year-old female with a history of sickle cell disease (on prophylactic penicillin VK) and venous thromboembolic disease (on oral anticoagulation with apixaban) presented to the emergency department with one week of right-sided neck pain and subjective fevers, and a one day history of trismus.

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Mercury Ingestion

Amin, DO, et al.

A 30-year-old male with history of bipolar disorder and previous incident of elemental mercury ingestion in a suicide attempt, presented to the emergency department with new-onset nausea and vomiting.

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Massive Right Breast Hematoma

Amin, DO, et al.

A 53-year-old female with a history of hypertension, congestive heart failure, and generalized anxiety disorder taking 81 milligrams of aspirin daily presented as a trauma activation following a motor vehicle collision.

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Eagle Syndrome

Bremmer, DO, et al.

A 30-year-old male presented to the emergency department with intermittent neck pain, dysarthria, right facial droop, right-sided facial paresthesias and right upper extremity weakness for several days prior.

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A Brush with Danger

Hirsch, MD, et al.

A five-year-old male presented to the emergency department (ED) after falling off a stool while brushing his teeth, resulting in a penetrating oropharyngeal injury.

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