Scaly lesions triggered by malnutrition in rare Australian case
Malnutrition is a rare occurrence in developed countries, but Australian doctors have described a local case of phrynoderma in an elderly man who presented with…
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A lesson in mealtime carb counting for type 1 diabetes
Josh is a 26-year-old accountant diagnosed with type 1 diabetes six months ago after presenting to hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis. Josh has no other known…
Medical Must-See: Rare thyroid TB hiding in plain sight
A retired high school teacher with a goitre-like mass on her neck was found to have a rare case of primary thyroid TB that had…
Stinger is in the eye of the bee-holder: Barb stays hidden in man’s eyeball
How do you remove a bee sting from an eyeball? With a referral to an ophthalmologist and a pair of jeweller’s forceps, according to US…
Medical Must-See: Doctors unpeel bowel obstruction case
US surgeons have issued unusual — yet sage — advice to chew one’s unpeeled kumquats carefully before swallowing, after an elderly man who ate the…
Cause for caution with corticosteroids pre-arthroplasty
A sixty-five-year-old man, with no medical comorbidities, has a painful right hip which is being investigated by his GP. An MRI shows severe hip joint…
Medical Must-See: Toddler’s postaxial polydactyly of the bilateral hand
Surgery to treat postaxial polydactyly is typically performed at around 12 months, but a lack of bony involvement meant this toddler underwent the procedure aged…
Doctors unknowingly publish case reports on the same giant lipoma in the same journal
In a bizarre case report on the industry of case reports, a well-known journal has published two studies on the same patient just two months…
Clumsy feet the clue to a life-changing diagnosis
Ken, a 65-year-old businessman, presents having lost the ability to extend his left great toe over the preceding six weeks. The only time he has…
Medical Must-See: How a simple elbow dislocation led to fasciotomy six hours later
A Japanese woman escaped serious complications, including myonecrosis, following a simple elbow dislocation that morphed into acute compartment syndrome, doctors report. The case also highlights…
