Treating symptomatic varicocele
Ethan, aged 14, is brought in by his mother with concerns about swelling in the left testicular region. He is fit and well, plays AFL,…
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Medical Must-See: Gymnast’s accidental dismount causes rare dislocation
A Japanese girl’s tumble from the horizontal bars during gymnastics practice left her with a rare sternum dislocation. The girl, aged 10, reported minor anterior…
Man sustains rectal impalement after folding chair collapses: report
A 51-year-old man was left rectally impaled after his folding chair collapsed beneath him and part of the frame penetrated his anus, his treating doctors…
Medical Must-See: Trapped finger points to rare Buruli ulcer diagnosis
An elderly man who trapped his finger in a folding chair has become one of the first cases of locally acquired Buruli ulcer in southern…
Best AusDoc clinical cases of 2024: New breast reconstruction techniques, vomiting chefs, and meat-based diets
With the year coming to an end, the AusDoc clinical team has selected some of its best clinical articles from the last twelve months. They…
Smartphone-supported CGM a diabetes game changer
Pat is a 56-year-old accountant and avid horse rider who has type 1 diabetes. She self-presents to a local diabetes education clinic after years of…
Medical Must-See: Doctors cut out and cut open a 5kg myxoid ovarian tumour
A 36-year-old who presented after a month of left flank pain turned out to be carrying a 5kg myxoid ovarian leiomyoma. The patient presented to…
Cryptic pregnancy a reminder to test all women of child-bearing age with symptoms: case study
A woman with obesity and PCOS who tried unsuccessfully to conceive for years did not realise she was finally pregnant until she was in labour,…
Hypertension is the hallmark of this easily missed diagnosis
Chen is a 46-year-old factory worker who presents with fatigue. He denies any associated systemic symptoms or stress at home or work and has not…
Medical Must-See: Eight fingers on one hand but no thumb
No thumb, two ulnae and eight fingers with soft tissue syndactyly of the two most radial digits made this two-year-old a clearly unusual case. According…
