Soft Tissue Infection with Cobblestoning and hyperechoic "dirty shadowing" on POCUS

60yo male with h/o diabetes presents with foot pain. Which of the following is the best management option for him?

Resolution: SURGERY is the best management for this patient with gas gangrene. Note the presence of soft tissue gas (hyperechoic with "dirty shadowing" posteriorly).

 - Dr. Meghan Herbst
@EUSmkh

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Meghan Kelly Herbst, MD @eusmkh · 6 years ago
UCONN Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine. Ultrasound Fellowship Yale 2011. Family, patients, education, running = my life. https://twitter.com/EUSmkh | https://www.instagram.com/eus_mkh/
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