What's the Take Home?
What's the Take Home?
11/12/2021
A 31-year-old woman is seen in the office several weeks after having sustained a Doppler ultrasonography–confirmed deep vein thrombosis of her left popliteal vein with some extension proximally. She had...
11/12/2021
Case In Point
Case In Point
05/12/2021
A 76-year-old man presented with cardiac arrest due to massive pulmonary embolism. The patient was stabilized after successful catheter-directed thrombectomy followed by catheter-based thrombolysis.
05/12/2021
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
08/18/2020
A 48-year-old woman with a recent history of left ankle tendonitis and long-term use of estrogen oral contraceptives presented to the emergency department with pain and swelling in her left leg.
08/18/2020
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
04/28/2020
A 37-year-old man presented with left-sided anterolateral neck pain for 1 day that had begun without preceding injury.
04/28/2020
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
12/19/2019
A 79-year-old man with a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension presented with a 5-month history of poorly healing venous recurrent ulcers on his left calf.
12/19/2019
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
10/15/2019
A 56-year-old man presented with sudden-onset abdominal pain and lightheadedness. He had a history of hypertension, which was well-controlled, and of mechanical mitral valve repair for nonrheumatic mitral...
10/15/2019
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
09/17/2019
Bob Ly, DO; Jhoanna Santos, MD
A 53-year-old man presented with worsening weakness and exertional dyspnea over a period of 1 week.
09/17/2019
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
06/17/2019
Corey K. Goldman, MD, PhD; Back Kim, MD; Tae An Choi, ANP-BC
In iliac vein compression syndrome, the overlying right iliac artery causes extrinsic compression of the left iliac vein in more than 80% of cases.
06/17/2019
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
05/10/2019
An 84-year-old man presented to the emergency department for 6 months of progressive headache, blurry vision, and chemosis.
05/10/2019
What's the Take Home?
What's the Take Home?
03/26/2019
Ronald N. Rubin, MD
A 22-year-old college student collapsed while crossing the campus midday on his way to classes. He remained down until emergency personnel arrived on the scene.
03/26/2019