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What are these problematic papules?

26th May 2020
Loretta, a 33-year-old hairdresser, presents complaining of new-onset "bumps" on her forehead. She reports that they are…
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Can you pick this puerperal peril?

22nd May 2020
Jessie, 28, presents 10 days after an emergency C-section at term for prolonged labour. Jessie noticed lower abdominal pain…
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caesarean erythema
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What is causing this red and oozing belly button?

14th May 2020
Charlie is a six-week-old who attends for his routine immunisations. His parents are concerned that his umbilicus appears…
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belly button
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Can you recognise this mass on MRI?

6th May 2020
Sharon, 44, has been investigated for intermittent nausea and abdominal pain of several months' duration and attends for her…
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phaeochromocytoma
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What's behind this teen's fever and hip pain?

30th April 2020
Martin, 16, presents with five days of fever and right posterior hip pain. He fell heavily onto the buttock and sustained a…
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buttock pain
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What is causing this infant's pruritus?

23rd April 2020
Dylan is a 12-month-old with a one-month history of a spreading itchy rash that developed a few weeks after a camping…
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Would treatment help these palatal petechiae?

16th April 2020
Sophie, aged 11, presents with 24 hours of fever, sore throat and lethargy. She has little appetite but is drinking freely. …
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doughnut lesions