Musculoskeletal - Rib Fracture
Caption
A middle aged man presented 1 week after sustaining a fall with direct injury to his left chest. He reported pain with inspiration and coughing; he localized pain to one specific area of his chest wall. Seen here is the image obtained when the linear probe was placed in the longitudinal plane to his area of point-tenderness. Notice the disruption of the hyperechoic cortex of the rib. Findings were confirmed in the transverse plan. The patient went on to have an anterior serratus nerve block for pain control related to his rib fracture. Mandy Peach, MD @mandy_peach Saint John Regional Hospital. NB, Canada