Medical Must-See: When a patient’s small bowel starts torquing
A distended, painful abdomen and ‘whirlpool-like’ distribution of the small intestine on CT led Chinese doctors to this “extremely rare” case of diffuse intestinal lipomatosis.…
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Medical Must-See: What’s wrong with this former athlete’s foot?
A former professional athlete was misdiagnosed with chronic neurodermatitis and stuck on a merry-go-round of specialist appointments before doctors finally diagnosed his rare vascular disorder.…
Medical Must-See: Loose screw found in bladder 19 years after pubic bone surgery
A bout of mild pelvic pain and multiple UTIs in a middle-aged woman were linked to complications — namely, a loose screw — from pubic…
Medical Must-See: Doctors puzzled by grass-green pee
Doctors in Morrocco have recounted a “rare and initially puzzling” case of green urine discolouration that resolved spontaneously in a young trauma patient. Their 15-year-old…
Medical Must-See: First case of giant malignant melanoma on the leg
The importance of tailoring care to each patient has been made all too clear for a team of US internists whose patient had a giant…
Medical Must-See: Identical scalp lesions in three siblings a real head-scratcher
The rule of three rang true for a trio of unlucky siblings in Mexico when doctors found a rare fungal source for their near-identical head lesions. A concerned…
Medical Must-See: Pregnant patient’s diagnosis a rare pain in the butt
Identifying the rare cause of a pregnant patient’s back and buttock pain was, well, a pain in the butt for her doctors. The woman, carrying twins, presented at…
Medical Must-See: Three little sigmoids
Three’s a crowd, according to the saying, and this is especially true of sigmoid colons in an infant. This nine-month-old patient had previously undergone the…
Medical Must-See: How a bright yellow ulcer sparked a three-way ‘diagnostic dispute’
A young man’s yellow leg ulcer has served as a lesson in considering differential and albeit unusual diagnoses after US dermatologists discovered it was caused…
Medical Must-See: Perineal pain points to rare thrombosis
The dangers of self-medicating became all too clear for one US man whose “inappropriate” sildenafil use gave rise to a rare and abnormal thrombus formation…
