Case presentation A 14-month-old previously healthy male presents with limping for the past 5 days. Prior to this symptom, he had cough, congestion, and subjective fever, which his primary care provider had diagnosed as a viral upper respiratory infection. He…
Case presentation A 15-year-old male presents to the Emergency Department with a complaint of “severe headaches” for the past week. He states he has had cough, which is worse at night, and congestion for the past 2 weeks. He has…
Case presentation A previously healthy 14-year-old male presents with left lower quadrant pain, difficulty bearing weight, and fever. He awoke 6 days ago with sharp left lower quadrant pain. At that time, he was seen at an Emergency Department where…
Case presentation A 15-year-female presents with low back pain for 2 months. She had no trauma preceding the pain but is very active and plays soccer. The pain increases with activity. She has tried ibuprofen multiple times, with some relief.…
Case presentation A 14-year-old male is brought to the Emergency Department after being involved in a motor vehicle crash. The patient was a restrained front seat passenger in a vehicle that was struck by another car while stopped at a…
Case presentation A 12-year-old male presents to the emergency department with left ankle pain. Two hours ago, he was jumping on a trampoline when he “landed wrong, twisting” the ankle. He cannot remember in which direction the ankle twisted but…
Case presentation A 9-year-old female presents with 5 weeks of progressively worsening left knee pain. There has been no known trauma and the family denies fever, rash, knee swelling or erythema, weakness, numbness, or incontinence. She is able to ambulate…
Case presentation A 2-year-old male presents with acute right leg pain after falling while jumping on a trampoline. Apparently, he fell off the trampoline onto the ground and landed on his left leg. The distance was estimated at 3 ft…
Case 1 presentation A 14-year-old male presents with a complaint of acute right hip pain. The patient is an avid soccer player and was kicking a ball “pretty hard.” Immediately upon full extension of the right leg, he felt a…
Case presentation A 12-year-old male presents with a left fifth phalanx injury (his “pinky” finger). He was jumping on a trampoline and somehow injured the digit; he believes he landed on the digit. Since then, he has had pain and…