What's the diagnosis? By Dr. Michael Tom
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A 13 yo male presents with vomiting and is minimally responsive.
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Imaging Case: Answer
Answer: B. Salter-Harris Fracture Type II
In a patient with open growth plates, the Salter Harris Classification is used for description and prognostication.
Imaging Case: 15 Year Old Girl with Right Wrist Pain
Case: A 15 year old girl flipped while snowboarding and landed on her right arm. She complains of severe right wrist pain. A plain film of the wrist is obtained:
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Imaging Case: Answer
Answer: B) Air or water-soluble contrast enema
Diagnosis: Intussusception
Imaging Case: 2 Year Old Male With Abdominal Pain
Case: A 2 year-old male with no significant PMH is brought to the Emergency Department by his mother for intermittent abdominal pain for the past two days. Mom notes that the child will crouch down into a ball when he has pain, which lasts only a few minutes at a time. He has decreased solid food intake but no vomiting or diarrhea and is otherwise well.<
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Answer: B) Fournier's Gangrene.
Imaging Case: 74 Year Old Male with Rectal Pain and Fatigue
Case: A 74 yo male patient with a PMH significant for rectal carcincoma (s/p chemotherapy and radiation; refused surgery) arrives with chief complaint of rectal pain and general malaise for two week duration. He notes urinary and fecal incontinence over this same time period. He also notes intermittent fevers.
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