Medical Must-See: Stone abruptly ruptures ureterocele wall
The story of this patient’s asymptomatic ureteral stone went in a different direction after said stone spontaneously broke through the ureterocele wall. According to doctors in…
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Medical Must-See: Flesh-eating bug triggers rare scrotal complication
An uncommon complication of Fournier’s gangrene — which itself is rare — has prompted Australian doctors to warn against dismissing the telltale signs of unusual…
Medical Must-See: Newborn’s tall tail cut short
A temporary tail-like structure is a common feature of embryonic development, but doctors in Egypt have reported a rare case of a 10cm-long pseudo-tail that…
Medical Must-See: A facial horn 10 years in the making
You might think a horn-like growth on the face would be call for urgent action, but an elderly man in China waited 10 years before…
Pleural defusing: Ukrainian doctors remove live grenade from soldier’s chest
Ukrainian doctors have avoided an explosive end after apparently removing an enemy grenade that was lodged in a soldier’s chest during Russia’s ongoing invasion of…
Medical Must-See: Doctors roped into foreign object insertion case
Just when doctors thought they’d seen it all when it comes to foreign objects in body orifices, along comes a patient with a bladder chock…
Medical Must-See: Patient impaled by her Christmas tree
It may be September, but ’tis always the season to reflect on trauma protocols. One of which is the timely transfer of patients with life-threatening…
Medical Must-See: Doctors discover ‘tuft’ of fur inside patient’s thumb
Like a dog with a bone, ED doctors got to the root of their patient’s swollen and painful thumb. The man, in his 60s, reported…
Medical Must-See: What in blue blazes are these finger ulcerations?
The rare disease tends to affect young men, with a high amputation rate.
Medical Must-See: Sunburn or monkeypox? GP’s misdiagnosis ends in rotting nose
The initial mix-up threw a monkey wrench in the case.
