Medical Must-See: Australian surgeon removes 2kg hepatocellular carcinoma
An early-career Brisbane surgeon has removed a 2kg tumour from a 67-year-old who had no symptoms and only “slightly abnormal” liver function. Dr Joel Lewin…
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Meat as medicine for hidradenitis suppurativa
June, a 40-year-old public servant, presents as a new patient for a checkup. Her main concern is that she has been eating an almost carnivore…
Medical Must-See: Pencil-core granuloma leaves child green around the gills
A two-year-old’s swollen eyelid led to a pencil-core granuloma diagnosis in this colourful case from Japan. A subcutaneous induration of the patient’s left lower eyelid…
Aussie doctors blame rare scurvy case on cost-of-living crisis
A WA man who could not afford nutritious food or his prescribed vitamin supplements has landed in hospital with scurvy, doctors say. The patient had…
Medical Must-See: Don’t dot your eyes with topical anaesthetic
Ophthalmologists have warned their colleagues in ED not to prescribe topical anaesthetic eye drops after a trio of patients presented with complications. All three patients…
Scoping out an unsettled child
Caleb, a three-year-old boy, is brought in by his parents with a four-day history of intermittent fever and soft stool. He has vomited twice over…
Breakdancer develops 30cm tumour from too many headspins: case study
Breakdancing dominated headlines after Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn’s infamous Olympic performance, and now doctors have identified a unique overuse injury among breakers. Known as the “headspin hole”,…
Medical Must-See: A bloody painful condition causes a bloody painful condition
Repeat hospital visits with dysmenorrhoea and an atypical pancreatitis presentation were just some of the clues that led doctors to diagnose a rare case of…
Scurvy diagnosed in 65-year-old woman on diet of canned soup and fish: case study
Scurvy was once synonymous with 18th-century sea explorers — but doctors say the disease could still be considered as a differential diagnosis in patients with abnormal…
Medical Must-See: Clearing the air after a rare cannabis reaction
Smoking more than 10 cannabis joints a day for three days left a computer science student in a perilous situation after he developed acute eosinophilic…
