Images In Emergency Medicine

Child with Testicular Pain

Otts, MD, et al.

An 11-year-old boy presented to the emergency department (ED) with sudden onset severe atraumatic right testicular pain, associated with nausea and vomiting.

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Acute Cardiac Air Embolism

Bilello, MD, et al.

An 84-year-old female status post-Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) presented to the emergency department (ED) for evaluation after a syncopal episode.

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Traumatic Facial Nerve Palsy

Derksen, MD, et al.

A two-year-old female presented to the emergency department with facial lacerations after an attack by the family canine (Boxer breed).

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A Toddler with Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum

Chow, MD, et al.

An 18-month-old female with unremarkable birth history presented to the emergency department (ED) for drooling and “difficulty breathing.” She had three days of cough and rhinorrhea, but otherwise no reports of fever, vomiting, trauma, foreign-body ingestion or aspiration. Her vaccinations were up to date.

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Female with Abdominal Wall Mass

Koo, MD, et al.

A 32-year-old female with a past surgical history of a low transverse Cesarean section presented to the emergency department with a left lower quadrant abdominal mass and pain.

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Man with Scrotal Rupture

Perechocky, MD, et al.

A 55-year-old male presented to the emergency department (ED) with scrotal pain and swelling. He reported that four months prior, he fell and sustained minor trauma to his scrotum.

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A Case of Syncope

Dwyer, MD, et al.

An 88-year-old female presented to the emergency department (ED) after a syncopal event. Upon arrival, the patient was awake and complaining of chest pain.

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Severe Bilateral Ear Pain

Canine, DO, MS, et al.

A 23-year-old female presented to the emergency department five weeks post-partum for headache, severe bilateral ear pain, and left ear drainage.

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Post-Cholecystectomy Syndrome

Moore, MD, et al.

A 32-year-old female with a history of cholecystectomy three years prior, presented to the emergency department with epigastric pain.

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Aortic Pseudo-dissection

Huesgen, MD, et al.

A 21-year-old female with a past medical history significant for asthma and oral contraceptive use presented complaining of shortness of breath and wheezing.

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A Case of Erythema Nodosum with Coccidioidomycosis

Said, BS, et al.

Erythema nodosum (EN) is associated with many systemic diseases and infections. This case report provides an image of erythematous nodules, an overview of the various causes of EN, and the laboratory tests and imaging that can be done in the emergency department to narrow its broad differential diagnosis.

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Paratracheal Cysts

Mohebbi, MD, et al.

A 38-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department with pain and swelling on the left mandibular area and the right upper quadrant of the abdomen after a reported assault in which he was punched in the face and kicked in the right chest wall during a fight at a bar.

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