Medical Must-See: Toddler’s tiny injury leads to rare fungal infection
A minor eye wound turned into a major infection for a 15-month-old girl from Pakistan, who developed potentially lethal mucormycosis despite nothing to suggest she was…
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Medical Must-See: IUD travels ovary the hills and far away
A LARC that disembarked was the surprise culprit behind this woman’s abdominal pain. The 29-year-old presented to Punjab Rangers Teaching Hospital in Pakistan with moderate…
Medical Must-See: Tooth pain and a golf ball–sized aneurysm
A 70-year-old’s tooth pain has led US doctors to discover a giant brain aneurysm behind the patient’s eye. After a first attempt at surgical repair…
Medical Must-See: Foot lesions flag Hansen’s disease
Indian doctors initially thought their patient might have dyshidrotic eczema, bullous pemphigoid or another autoimmune disease based on her fluid-filled lesions. However, recurrent inflammation, polyarthritis…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Medical Must-See: A hairy cause of abdominal discomfort
A Nepalese woman’s weeks-long abdominal discomfort turned out to be a ruptured ovarian dermoid cyst, complete with hairy tufts and greasy material. The 64-year-old presented…
Medical Must-See: Was this insulin script a rash decision?
This 39-year-old pregnant woman had an unexpected reaction to her gestational diabetes treatment that resulted in distinct rashes on her abdomen and legs. She had…
