Recurrent abdominal pain: Is an accessory culpable?
Sandra, a 41-year-old female, presents to her GP clinic with a three-week history of recurrent upper abdominal pain. The pain is variable in intensity, at…
Article Type: Case Report
An effect of lithium?
Gerry is a 49-year-old disability support pensioner who presents for review of thirst, polyuria and polydipsia that has been present for several years. He reports…
Dr Meryl Broughton: The patient was doomed, my surgical horror story
In the movie Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, the crew of the starship Enterprise take a trip back in time to Earth in 1986.…
Professor Max Kamien: My patient Dana and her journey into the high-end world of ENT
Due to an editorial mistake, we only published half of this article initially. It has now been updated in full below. In 2018, a 47-year-old…
A bad reaction
A seven-year-old girl, weighing 30kg, has a history of asthma, allergic rhinitis and tree nut allergy. She is at a school carnival and, while playing…
An odd cause of otalgia
Mary, a 92-year-old female, is reviewed by her GP at her nursing home with a two-week history of increasing burning right ear pain. At times,…
‘One more thing, Doc…’: Is there more to this case than just ADHD?
Tia, a 14-year-old who is accompanied by her mother, requests assessment of suspected ADHD. Both her school and mother report that Tia is oppositional, inattentive,…
See things in an old light
Francis, a 51-year-old laboratory technician of Asian descent, presents initially with a one-month history of scaly, itchy rash on his right palm. He is unable…
Is COVID-19 to blame for this ptosis and bulging cardiac border?
Ben is a 32-year-old male who presents to ED with a three-day history of intermittent right-sided ptosis. Ben has a past medical history of ADHD,…
Pain management in chronic kidney disease
Joan is a 77-year-old woman with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, orthostatic hypotension, central adiposity, and chronic kidney disease stage 3B without albuminuria. She…
