The Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Improvement Network (SPAIN) group has published their latest study looking at regional anesthesia for ACL reconstruction in adolescents. The study found substantial variability in the use of blocks to manage pain in children, with a small percentage experiencing long-term pain and neurological symptoms. Follow the link to read the fully […]
QUESTION OF THE MONTH/VISUAL PEARLS/POLLS OF THE MONTH
MAY 2024 QUESTION OF THE MONTH
An 18-year-old female presents to your office with intermittent unilateral shooting pain localized to her left costal margin for the past 10 months. The pain is worse when laughing or twisting her torso. She occasionally feels a popping sensation associated with the pain. She is a gymnast who trains 20+ hours weekly, though does not endorse any inciting accident or activity causing the pain. On physical examination, you note that she is hypermobile in her shoulders with tenderness to palpation of her left costal margin. You send her for a dynamic ultrasound of her ribcage.
Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis:
A. Slipping Rib Syndrome
B. Ehlers’s Danlos Syndrome
C. Costochondritis
D. Tietze Syndrome
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