Why so blue? A GP remembers a rare diagnosis from 1979 that was ‘just so weird’

Dr Michael Tayar encountered a few unusual cases during his long medical career.
Dr Michael Tayar.

It was 1979 when Dr Michael Tayar, then a senior resident at Canberra Hospital, encountered a middle-aged patient who looked “deeply cyanotic” around her face and lips.

“It was just so weird,” the retired GP tells AusDoc.