A 45 year old male, with a history of cocaine abuse and ciga…

A 45 year old male, with a history of cocaine abuse and cigarette smoking, presents with extreme weakness in his bilateral lower extremities.  An angiogram demonstrates a thrombosis in a vessel supplying 2/3 of the spinal cord.  Which vessel(s) was / were blocked leading to the spinal cord ischemia?

A 3 year old male presents to the urgent care holding his le…

A 3 year old male presents to the urgent care holding his left upper extremity close to his body.  His mother states she yanked his hand, as he tried to run across a busy parking lot.  Now the toddler is refusing to pronate his left forearm.  Where did the subluxation occur?

A 44 year old male, with a history of hypertriglyceridemia,…

A 44 year old male, with a history of hypertriglyceridemia, presents to the emergency department with a complaint of severe abdominal pain.  He describes the pain as severe, and it radiates to the back.  He also admits to nausea and vomiting.  Exam reveals tenderness to palpation throughout the abdomen, but is severe at the epigastric region.  Labs demonstrate lymphocytosis and an elevated lipase.  What is the most likely diagnosis?