A 60-Year-Old Woman with a History of Weight Loss
A 60-year-old woman presents with a history of weight loss, poor appetite and intermittent diarrhoea. She also complains of recurrent oral ulcers. Her only past medical history of note is vitiligo, and she takes no regular medications. On examination, you note that...
A 42-Year-Old Man With a Longstanding History of Alcohol Abuse
A 42-year-old man with a longstanding history of alcohol abuse presents with tiredness, shortness of breath and marked abdominal distension. A photo of his abdomen is shown below: 1. What is the most likely cause of the abdominal distension in this case? Show Answer...
A 14-Year-Old Boy with Hip Pain
A 14-year-old boy presents with a 3-day history of pain in his anterior right thigh and anterior pelvic region that is worse on walking. The pain started in a football match. The pain started after a sudden change of direction whilst sprinting for the ball in the...
A 5-Year-Old Boy Who Has Taken His Grandmother’s Tablets
A 5-year-old boy is brought into the Emergency Department by his grandmother, who is very concerned because he swallowed two of the tablets that she takes for her rheumatoid arthritis. She shows you the packet, and you can see that he has ingested two...
