Spot Dx — What’s behind this ‘tight’ skin?
Shan, a 46-year-old chef, presents with multiple papules on the face, which have been present for several years and are gradually multiplying. Test your clinical…
Tag: Pathology
New specialty added for the first time in 15 years
For the first time in 15 years, a new medical field has been added to the list of Australian specialties: genetic pathology. It has become…
Spot Dx — What’s behind this gum pain?
Emma is a 23-year-old university student who presents with a four-week history of progressive gingival swelling, pain, bleeding and now purulent exudate. Test your clinical…
Two doctors and their three children killed on Air India flight
A pathologist and her radiologist husband along with their three young children were among those killed in the Air India crash last week. Dr Komi…
The King’s Birthday honours: The amazing career of medicine’s Guardian of the Dead
Forty years ago, Emeritus Professor Roger Byard was working as a hospital pathology registrar with an interest in forensics when he was tasked with performing…
Woman dies after using non-boiled motorhome tap water for nasal flush: case report
A woman has died of a brain infection after performing nasal irrigation using water taken directly from her motorhome’s tap, US investigators report. The 71-year-old woman…
Spot Dx — Can you work out the cause of this breakout?
Vicki is a 56-year-old business owner who presents with a two-day history of painless rash affecting the distal third of both legs. Test your clinical…
A GP guide to tuberculosis
Need to know: Tuberculosis, caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is a significant health challenge globally. Although up to 25% of the world’s population will…
I became paranoid about cardiac risk factors: What autopsies taught me about heart disease
Another National Heart Week has finished and I missed it. Heart disease is a bit like this, easily overlooked despite being the commonest cause of…
RACGP updates guidance on chasing test results in anticipation of new My Health Record rule
Forcing pathology companies to send results to My Health Record will lead to more GPs being confronted with findings from tests they did not order,…
