This case involves an 8-year-old boy with a history of idiopathic epilepsy who slipped and fell down the stairs at his school. The boy fell down 11 steps and hit his head on the way down. Prior to the accident, the…
This case involves a 56-year-old female with a history of hypertension who presented with complaints of extremity and tongue numbness as well as slurred speech. Upon evaluation, it was noted that the patient had signs of left facial droop. A…
This case involves a female patient who presented to her primary care physician with a persistent cough. An x-ray showed a large mass in the right lung and the patient was referred to a thoracic surgeon. The thoracic surgeon ordered…
This case involves an overweight diabetic female patient who presented to the emergency room with aphasia and limited range of mobility. After being admitted, she was unable to move her extremities. The emergency room physician called a stroke code and a head…
This case involves an overweight middle-aged female patient who was diagnosed with an endometrial polyp following a hysteroscopy. She presented to an OB/GYN for a second opinion regarding treatment options. The OB/GYN discussed hysterectomy versus hormonal treatment but the patient chose…
This case involves a healthy female patient who presented with tingling in her legs and episodes of blurry vision and eye pain. The physician suspected multiple sclerosis and performed a CT. The CT read as negative and no further workup or…
This case involves an elderly female patient in Massachusetts who presented to the hospital with lower back pain, and subsequently underwent a CT scan and colonoscopy that showed a suspicious mass. The patient presented to the hospital a few days later…
This case takes place in Alaska and involves a fifty-five-year-old male patient who presented to his primary care physician complaining of six month history of hematuria and groin and hip pain. The patient also reported that he was experiencing occasional…
This case involves a forty-six-year-old female patient that was evaluated at a hospital where doctors found a nodular density on a chest x-ray that projected along the right upper lung lobe. The radiology report recommended that a CT with IV…
