Erschienen in:
01.06.2017 | CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION
Cactus thorn detection using bedside ultrasound
verfasst von:
Karl Andrew Yousef, Aaron John Goshinska, Zachary P. Bailowitz, Richard Amini
Erschienen in:
Internal and Emergency Medicine
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Ausgabe 4/2017
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Excerpt
A 30-year-old male presented to the emergency department (ED) complaining of unresolving swelling and pain to his right forearm. The patient stated that 2 weeks prior, while gardening, he was injured by a cactus spine. One week later, the patient was seen at an Urgent Care for pain and redness. Radiographs of the forearm were negative for foreign body, and he was treated with antibiotics for cellulitis. On the day of presentation, the physical examination was significant for intact nonerythematous skin with tenderness to palpation of the extensor muscles on the right mid forearm. …