Patient bares her dark sole
Charmaine, a receptionist in her late 50s, presents to a clinic in Far North Queensland with a nine-month history of a slowly enlarging lesion on…
Article Type: Case Report
Weighing up the risks
Paula, a 68-year-old retiree, was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 10 years ago. She was initially managed with metformin but required the addition of insulin…
Red face, a red flag
At age 69, Stefano does not enjoy good health. Having migrated to Australia from Europe some decades ago, he has had to contend with around…
A COVID-19 complicated case
Mark, a 29-year-old electrician presents to his GP with six episodes of cough, wheeze, yellow sputum and abdominal bloating over the past four months. He…
Dr Ruth Myers: My wonderful giant, rolling hiatus hernia diagnosis
Medicine. Always challenging, always surprising, but you’d think that 25 years into your career, you might have seen everything. LOL! Of course not! × Welcome…
Renal ramifications
Chris is a 79-year-old woman with a background of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, reflux, bowel cancer, osteoporosis and AF. She has been generally well and…
A rare effect of COVID-19?
Carole is a 32-year-old typist who attends for review two weeks after her first COVID–19 infection. Her acute COVID symptoms of cough, fever and myalgia…
The core of the problem
Lee — a 39-year-old male with a history of eczema, asthma and mild scoliosis — presents to his GP with a few weeks of worsening…
An unusual dry cough
Kwame is a 38-year-old African man who presents with a dry cough and dyspnoea on exertion for 3-4 weeks. Kwame has been on antiretroviral therapy…
Dr Meryl Broughton: What stopped the patient from seeing a doctor when the tumour broke through her skin?
A woman in her early 60s was found unconscious at home by her husband. She was having abnormal spasmodic fits involving her left side. ×…
