Imaging

Painful "Pop" in Right Shoulder

Weeks after falling on her right shoulder, a middle-aged woman reports severe recurrent pain. How would you interpret this radiograph of her...

Test your accuracy in identifying dislocation as you review these x-ray films from four different patients who presented with acute traumatic...

Two case histories demonstrate the vital importance of staying on your toes when dealing with this routine complaint.

Four patients with head trauma are brought to your emergency department. What condition does each patient's computed tomography scan reveal?

A 70-year-old woman presents with a severely painful shoulder after a slip and fall in a parking lot. What do these radiographs tell you about her...

Can you diagnose a young man's rapidly worsening abdominal pain based on this ultrasound image?

Author:: Nicholas Jouriles, MD, FACEP; Knox H. Todd, MD, MPH; Keith D. Hentel, MD; Corey M. Slovis, MD; Larry B. Goldstein, MD, FAAN, FAHA; Susan Stone, MD; Carl H. Schultz, MD, FACEP; Joseph D. Toscano, MD

As Emergency Medicine celebrates its 40th anniversary, members of the journal’s editorial board and other thought leaders offer their forecasts...

After a fall, an elderly woman has hip pain and cannot bear weight. What diagnosis do these radiographs suggest to you?

See if you can determine the cause of a patient's acute left testicular pain and swelling from this ultrasound image.