Spot Dx — Can you pick this post-FOOSH injury?
Ollie is an eight-year-old boy who is brought in by his father with left elbow pain after falling off his scooter, landing on his outstretched…
Clinical Focus
An approach to functional disorders
Need to know: Everyone experiences functional symptoms — be it a twinge, tic, twitch or tickle. These occur frequently and are largely ignored. Occasionally, however,…
Spot Dx — What are these papules pointing to?
Carlos is a 24-year-old tradesman who presents with one week of sudden-onset papules on the back and extremities that are itchy, painless and yellowish. Test…
Life-saving diagnosis of a rare but familiar condition
Eamon, a 51-year-old gardener, presents to his GP with an acutely painful jaw, which feels tight and difficult to open. This is causing him distress…
Spot Dx — Hot soup that doesn’t soothe
Ali, a 64-year-old receptionist, presents complaining of sudden onset oral discomfort that developed one hour after having a hot microwaved cup of soup Test your…
A GP guide to catheter ablation for AF
Atrial fibrillation affects approximately 2.2% of the general population in Australia and is the most common arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice. It is an independent…
Spot Dx — Itching to diagnose this tingling scapula?
Jo, a 41-year-old IT manager, presents with a two-month history of pins and needles, numbness and itching affecting her right shoulder blade. Test your clinical…
A GP guide to asthma in pregnancy
Asthma is a common chronic disease among women and affects more than one in 10 pregnancies, with the potential to adversely affect the health of…
Spot Dx — Can you puzzle out these painful, pruritic lesions?
A 58-year-old lady presents with an episode of erythematous papulovesicular rash, which first appeared as weeping blisters on her back after an episode of sunburn…
Mid-coital testicular pain strikes out of the blue
Eric, a 75-year-old male, presents with pain during intercourse. He has a lifelong history of a retractile right testicle, and is experiencing new discomfort due…
