Orthopedics

On a medical mission trip to Tumbes, Peru, a 13-year-old boy presented with enlargement of his left leg. The father stated that his son’s leg had been progressively enlarging since early infancy. He said...

A 6-year-old girl was brought to our clinic by her parents with the inability to supinate both upper extremities. Her mother had noticed that the patient could not retain powdered substances in her palms...

The causes of foot drop or lumps around the knee can sometimes be challenging to diagnose in the primary care or internal medicine setting. This article aims to describe one cause of both conditions.

A 26-year-old incarcerated man presented to the emergency department with a complication of osteomyelitis of the left ischium, which had been diagnosed previously.

In December 2018, a 27-year-old man who had recently emigrated to the United States from India had struck his right elbow into a door. Over the following weeks, he had experienced progressive pain and...

A 9-month-old, full-term boy was brought to a pediatric clinic by his parents for his well-child check-up. The infant was noted to be afebrile and growing well, with a weight in the 52nd percentile and a...

A 55-year-old man presented with pain and instability in his left knee that had been worsening over the past month. He reported feeling that his left knee would “give way,” especially when it was slightly...

A 44-year-old man accidentally fell from a deer stand while hunting and sustained multiple orthopedic injuries. Two months after left femur nailing and fixation of left pilon fracture, he was noted to have...

An 87-year-old woman with a medical history of hypertension, depression, right humeral fracture, and right orbital and maxillary fractures presented after a nonsyncopal fall and subsequent bruising on the...

An 8-year-old boy presented to a clinic for a well-child visit. He had no health concerns. His medical history included a broken primary tooth at age 5 years, a dislocation of his wrist after falling off a...