Tough day: Triplane fracture
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….
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….
Case presentation A 4-year-old female presents with 1 week of left-sided abdominal and hip pain. She was evaluated at an outside facility 5 days ago, had plain abdominal radiography, and…
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…
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…
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…
Case presentation A 14-year-old female is brought to the Emergency Department following a basketball game. She pivoted to take a shot and felt a tearing sensation, followed by a pop,…
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…
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…
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…
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…