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Rib Fracture
12 year old female soccer athlete presenting for chest wall pain for the past two weeks that was acutely worse two days prior after falling to the ground. Pain exacerbated by deep inspiration and running. Exam shows tenderness to palpation near the anterior 7th rib. Initial radiographs of ribs unremarkable. |
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Plantar Fascia Partial Rupture
26-year-old female with a three-year history of right plantar heel pain presents with worsening of her symptoms four months after a corticosteroid injection for plantar fasciopathy. Examination is remarkable for tenderness to palpation over the medial plantar heel, specifically over the medial calcaneal tubercle. |
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De Quervain tenosynovitis
A 30-year-old left hand dominant female presents with the complaint of left wrist pain of 3 weeks duration. Pain is located at the base of her thumb and radiates proximally on the radial side of her forearm. Pain is described as sharp and is exacerbated by picking up her newborn baby or with making a fist and is improved with rest. Patient does not identify any injury. There is tenderness to palpation over the first dorsal compartment of the wrist at the level of the radial styloid. Wrist motion is normal. Eichhoff's test was positive. |
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Core Muscle Injury- Adductor Longus Related Injury
A 27 year old male presented with 6 weeks of medial groin pain after barbell back squatting. He felt a pull in his groin at the bottom of the squat with deep hip flexion. Since then, he has had pain with running and cutting as well as with daily activities like urinating, changing positions in bed, and coughing. |
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Mallet Finger
A 34-year-old male presented with 4 days of pain and swelling over the distal aspect of the 4th left digit following an injury during a flag football game. He endorsed the inability to extend his distal interphalangeal joint. |
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A4 Pulley Rupture
18 YO male presented for left 4th digit finger pain when coming off the wall from rock climbing using crimp grip position. Swelling and tenderness to palpation noted in the distal aspect of the middle phalanx of the left hand |
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
45-year-old female with intermittent numbness of the left hand in digits 1-3, worse at night, without significant weakness presents for ultrasound evaluation. |
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Quadriceps Tendon Rupture
51-year-old male with acute onset severe knee pain after attempting to snap a branch with a stomping mechanism while camping. Patient reported that the branch "hit him in the knee". Patient was evaluated and placed in a hinged knee brace locked in extension at an outside ED and referred to clinic. Clinical evaluation 3 days later identified diffuse ecchymosis and palpable defect proximal to the left patella along with a knee extensor lag. |
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Medial Gastrocnemius Tear
A 35-year-old male contractor presented to clinic with 5 of 10, non-radiating, right mid-calf pain after repeatedly kicking his work trailer. He has pain with weight-bearing, ankle plantar-flexion, and palpation of the medial head of the gastrocnemius and mid-belly of the soleus. Thompson test is negative. |
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Patellar Tendon Rupture
41 yr old M with knee pain after feeling a pop while playing basketball 6 weeks prior. On exam, there is a palpable defect at the infrapatellar space and weakness with knee extension. |
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