By M. Terese Whipple, MD|2022-05-20T23:45:58-07:00May 23, 2022|Expert Peer Reviewed (Clinical), Orthopedic, SplintER|
SplintER Series: Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
A 45-year-old man presents to the emergency department with chest pain after a high-speed motor vehicle accident where his sternum hit the steering wheel. You notice an area of ecchymosis noted over his sternum, so you decide to get a CT scan (Figure 1).
SplintER Series: Pedal to the Metal
A 32-year-old female presents to the emergency department with right ankle pain after a high-speed motor vehicle accident. On exam, she is noted to have ecchymosis and swelling over the distal foot, and pain with ankle dorsiflexion and plantarflexion. An x-ray is obtained as shown above (Image 1. Case courtesy of Dr. Charlie Chia-Tsong Hsu, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 18235).