Case of the Month

Case of the Month #10, Presentation

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The Case:

A 49 year old man without any past medical history presents with R hip pain for 2 months. The pain is nonradiating, worse with flexion of the R hip, walking, or bending forward. Over the past month, he reports occasional night sweats, increased fatigue, 10lbs of unintentional weight loss, and decreased appetite.

His work involves a lot of stairs, heavy lifting, and standing on his feet. He denies any recent injuries and has been living in Brooklyn for the past 20 years.

ROS: Negative for fevers, chills, vomiting, skin changes, extremity/joint pain or swelling, hematuria, dysuria, back pain, numbness, weakness, change in bowels, recent sick contacts, hematemesis, melana, BRBPR, cough, hemoptysis.

Soc Hx: Occasional etoh, +cigarette smoking daily, occasional crack use, denies IVDA

VS 146/82, T 100 orally, HR 100, SaO2 99%, FS 92, RR 17

PE

Gen: well developed, no apparent distress

HEENT: PERRLA, EOEMI, moist mucus membranes, no scleral icterus or palor

Pulm: CTAB without w/r/r, no resp distress

CV: s1s2 appreciated, no murmur, rubs, or gallops

Skin: no acute lesions

Back: no CVAT/midline bony tenderness

Abd: soft, nondistended, bs+, minimal RLQ tenderness with deep palpation. No rebound or guarding

Ext: Significant pain with active flexion of R hip. No pain with passive ROM of R hip, internal/external rotation, or active extension of R hip. Otherwise, NV intact, no edema, ecchymosis or tenderness to palpation x 4 extremities. Full and painless ROM of b/l upper extremities and L lower extremity.

 

1. What are your top three differential diagnoses? You leading diagnosis?

2. What is the next step in working up this patient?

 

 

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1 comment for “Case of the Month #10, Presentation”

  1. dzeccola
    March 27, 2015 at 2:20 pm

    1) psoas abscess
    2) bony mets to spine or pelvis
    3) potts disease

    CT w/ contrast or MRI of hip/psoas and spine
    Blood culture
    Esr/crp

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