Medical Must-See: Shot through the arm, lodged in the brain
Emergency doctors have described an unusual case of a missing bullet from a shoulder wound that was eventually found in the patient’s brain three days…
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Medical Must-See: Swallowed blister packs to blame for unexplained abdominal pain
Accidental ingestion of medication blister packs could provide a rare explanation for abdominal pain without a clear cause, especially if cognition is impaired, say Swiss…
Medical Must-See: The pointy end of a coronation BBQ
A barbecue to celebrate King Charles III’s coronation took a sharp and unexpected turn for one unlucky man in a unique case of penetrating foreign…
Medical Must-See: Migrating tattoo ink mimics endometriosis
A young woman’s leg tattoo was the source of clinical confusion for US doctors after her suspected endometriosis turned out to be lymphadenopathy triggered by…
Medical Must-See: Prisoner’s fungating neck tumour poses a dilemma
Doctors decided against surgical excision of this “unsettling” fungating neck tumour but did manage to improve the patient’s quality of life with some meticulous wound…
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.…
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…
