Spot Dx — Can you lift the lid on this diagnosis?
A 59-year-old woman with poorly controlled hypertension presents with sudden-onset right eyelid drooping lasting one day. Test your clinical know-how by taking the quiz below.…
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Spot Dx — What’s causing these puzzling itchy purple papules?
A 41-year-old receptionist presents with a three-year history of spreading, small, itchy, purplish plaques over her hands, palms, wrists, anterior lower limbs and feet. Test…
Spot Dx — What’s behind this growth?
Lennox, a 22-year-old boxer, presents with a new-onset growth under his left eye. Test your clinical know-how by taking the quiz below. If you select…
Spot Dx — Eyebrow rash raises suspicion
Marcus, a five-year-old boy, presents to his GP with a lesion on his forehead covering his medial right eyebrow. Test your clinical know-how by taking…
Spot Dx — X-ray clue to chest complaint
A 35-year-old man presents to the emergency department with a seven-day history of cough and dyspnoea. Test your clinical know-how by taking the quiz below.…
Spot Dx — Can you nail the next best step?
This case involved a 15-year-old boy, who slipped and impaled his left hand on a wooden beam. An initial anterior–posterior radiograph was obtained prior to…
Spot Dx — What is behind these painful blisters?
An 86-year-old woman of Middle Eastern descent presents to hospital with a four-month history of worsening painful and pruritic blisters that are located mostly on…
Spot Dx — Scrotal lesions pose riddle
Mike, a 34-year-old builder, presents with a one-month history of dark red, dome-shaped papules on the scrotum. Test your clinical know-how by taking the quiz…
Spot Dx — What’s causing these marks?
Ned is a 14-year-old who presents with concerns about unsightly horizontal marks on his lower back for the past two months. Test your clinical know-how…
Spot Dx — Why are these gums giving grief?
Darren, a 70-year-old retired cabinet-maker, presents complaining of enlarged gums that easily bleed. Test your clinical know-how by taking the quiz below. If you select…
