Spot Dx — Is the answer on the tip of his tongue?
Kevin, a 45-year-old finance manager, presents with altered bowel habits on a background of longstanding irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Test your clinical know-how by taking…
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Spot Dx — What’s this stubborn rash post-waxing?
A 17-year-old male presents with a one-year history of a pruritic rash on his face. Test your clinical know-how by taking the quiz below. If…
Spot Dx — Is COVID a clue to this itchy crease?
A 29-year-old female of Chinese descent presents to the dermatologist with a three-month history of an itchy antecubital rash bilaterally. Test your clinical know-how by…
Spot Dx — Pain, pruritus and plaques: what’s at play?
Katie, a 54-year-old postmenopausal chemical engineer, presents with several months of progressively worsening pruritis affecting the vulva, perianal region and natal cleft. Test your clinical…
Spot Dx — Can you finger this stinger?
Sylvie is a 20-year-old university exchange student from Europe. She is concerned she has been stung by a box jellyfish. Test your clinical know-how by…
Spot Dx — What’s behind this holiday rash?
Jenny is a 42-year-old office manager who presents with a linear itchy rash on the abdomen and left calf. Test your clinical know-how by taking…
Spot Dx — How to tackle this tick?
Simon, 32, presents with a 24-hour history of an itchy red weal on the torso. Test your clinical know-how by taking the quiz below. If…
Spot Dx — What’s behind this itchy patch?
Jennifer, 68, presents with a small itchy patch of scaly redness on the left lateral breast. Test your clinical know-how by taking the quiz below.…
Spot Dx — What’s the best cure for this finger cyst?
A 56-year-old man, with a background of osteoarthritis affecting the thumbs and fingers of both hands, presents with an increasingly painful mass affecting the right…
Spot Dx — What does this chest X-ray show?
Kay, a 27-year-old casually employed male of North African origin, walks into the clinic with a mild but persistent cough that has troubled him for…
