Thursday, July 16, 2009

Diagnosis: Fail




This poor older guy had been going to urgent care centers and ER's over and over for 6 weeks complaining of "back pain". He was diagnosed with shingles. Valtrex was prescribed. One day he passed out at work and was brought into the ER hypotensive and septic. I drained about a gallon of pus from his fluctuant, erythematous, tender back. General surgeons get all the glory....
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3 comments:

  1. HMSJuly 16, 2009 at 11:25 AM

    Shingles?

    Geez....

    Great catch, Buckeye.

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  2. BongiJuly 16, 2009 at 1:10 PM

    good for you. who asked for the ct? seems it should have been clinically clear.

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  3. KellieJuly 20, 2009 at 10:13 AM

    Just a case of people not actually LOOKING at the patient. I've seen it before.

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