Images in Emergency Medicine

Images in Emergency Medicine: Dermatomyositis

A 41-year-old Guatemalan woman with a history of remote uterine cancer presented to an urban community Emergency Department complaining of a pruritic, initially painful rash on her chest, eyelids, thighs, and elbows for three weeks. She also stated she had weakness in her thighs and shoulders with difficulty standing. She denied any new exposures (ex. foods, clothes, soaps, fragrances, medicine...

Images in Emergency Medicine: Sporotrichosis

Images in Emergency Medicine : Lisfranc Fracture-Dislocation

patient presentation A 22-year-old intoxicated male presented to the emergency department after jumping from a second-story window, landing on his right foot. He was able to ambulate with a great deal of pain across the dorsum of his foot. Physical examination revealed significant tenderness to palpation over the second metatarsal with minimal edema. Final diagnosis/relevant teaching points Rad...

Images in Emergency Medicine: Pelvic Digit

A 48-year-old female with systemic lupus erythematosus and renal failure was admitted to the hospital with pyelonephritis. While in the emergency department (ED), during transfer to a bedside commode, she slipped to the floor and subsequently reported right lateral hip pain. Examination revealed mild tenderness to palpation in that area. Radiographs were obtained and demonstrated a pelvic digit...

Images in emergency medicine: phlegmasia cerulea dolens.

Joel T Levis, MD, PhD, FACEP, FAAEM, is a Senior Emergency Physician at the Santa Clara Medical Center, and Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine (Surgery) at Stanford University. He is the Medical Director for the Foothill College Paramedic Program in Los Altos, CA. E-mail: [email protected]. Danny L Sam, MD, FACP, is a Senior Internal Medicine Physician, Director of Graduate Medical Educa...