A 46-Year-Old Woman with Weight Loss and a Neck Lump

A 46-Year-Old Woman with Weight Loss and a Neck Lump

A 46-year-old woman presents with weight loss. On examination, you note that she has prominent eyes, ‘lumpy’ swelling over her shins and the neck lump seen in the image above. 1. What is the most likely diagnosis? Show Answer This patient has a history of weight loss...
A 17-Year-Old Boy with a Neck Lump

A 17-Year-Old Boy with a Neck Lump

A 17-year-old boy is concerned as he has noticed a lump in the middle of his neck. His mother has hypothyroidism and is concerned that her son may have it too. He has no other symptoms and is otherwise well. On examination, you note a painless swelling in the midline...
A 60-Year-Old Woman with a Neck Lump

A 60-Year-Old Woman with a Neck Lump

A 60-year-old woman presents with a lump in the middle of her neck. She is also troubled by regurgitation of her food. On examination, the midline lump gurgles on palpation. 1. What is the most likely diagnosis? Show Answer The diagnosis, in this case, is a pharyngeal...
A Swimming Instructor with Ear Pain and Discharge

A Swimming Instructor with Ear Pain and Discharge

A 30-year-old swimming instructor presents with right ear pain and discharge. You examine his ear and can see erythema in the ear canal with copious pus and debris also present. 1. What is the most likely diagnosis? Show Answer The diagnosis, in this case, is otitis...
Stridor in Infancy

Stridor in Infancy

A 6-week-old baby girl is brought in to see you because of concerns about her breathing. She is well at rest but, when feeding, makes a high-pitched, crowing noise on inspiration. It also occurs when the child is sleeping on her back. She has no cough, and her cry is...
Fitness to Drive After a Seizure

Fitness to Drive After a Seizure

A 32-year-old man presents to the Emergency Department following a first episode of a generalized tonic-clonic seizure. 1. What is the neuroimaging investigation of choice for patients presenting to the Emergency Department with a first fit? Show Answer Deferred early...