July 26, 2021 It's What's Inside Us

Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar Puncture

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A 68-year old obese female with a past medical history of osteoarthritis, diabetes, and cervical spinal fusion presents to the Emergency Department (ED) complaining of generalized weakness for the last week. In addition, she reports that she had cold symptoms approximately one week before the onset of her weakness. Upon further questioning, the patient also reports numbness and tingling of her bilateral lower extremities. The review of systems is otherwise negative.

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Mycoplasma Pneumonia-Associated Mucositis

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A 15-year-old female, with no past medical history, presented to the pediatric emergency department with cough and fever after being discharge with a diagnosis pneumonia two days prior. A chest x-ray on her first visit showed a single left lower lobe infiltrate and she was subsequently prescribed amoxicillin for suspected community acquired pneumonia (Figure 1). Upon return to emergency department, the patient complained of worsening symptoms, including dysphagia, secondary to sores in her mouth that developed after being discharge.

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