Musculoskeletal ultrasonography became an integral part of rheumatology, orthopedy and traumatology. Following case shows several ultrasonographic recordings of a 69-year-old patient complaining of pain in her knee: Sonography of the left knee:
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Musculosceletal ultrasound
101. Painful wrist
A 75-year-old woman complained of pain in her right wrist. Physical examination revealed tough oedema without redness dorsally, especially above the radial aspect of the wrist. The local skin temperature was increased, the wrist motility was reduced by +/- 20° at most in flexion and extension. Peripheral blood supply was unremarkable. The patient denies any …
95. Gout, tophi and tenosynovitis
A patient was admitted for community-acquired pneumonia, and mechanical ventilation was necessary. Staphylococcus aureus and Legionella pneumophilla were identified as aetiological agents of lobar pneumonia. Sepsis developed and was managed. During the convalescence, period fever appeared again. Levels of inflammatory markers were elevated. Lung´s condition seemed to improve. The patient complained of pain in the …
27. Sternal fracture
An older patient was hit to the chest by an airbag during a car accident and later admitted to ICU for dyspnea and low O2 saturation. We performed lung ultrasonography and echocardiography:
17. Rib fractures
It has been published several times, that chest (and rib) X-ray shows insufficient sensitivity in detecting of rib fractures. Not diagnosing the rib fracture is not such a big problem since the therapeutic approach does not change. However, in certain situations, when we want to avoid X-rays, ultrasound may help to detect these fractures and …