Spot Dx — What’s causing this festive-looking rash?
Tai is a 32-year-old who presents with a mildly itchy rash on the trunk and back. He first noticed a single red patch on his…
Tag: Pathology
Hypertension is the hallmark of this easily missed diagnosis
Chen is a 46-year-old factory worker who presents with fatigue. He denies any associated systemic symptoms or stress at home or work and has not…
Medicare crackdown on vitamin B12 tests disrespects doctors’ judgement: AMA
The AMA has slammed a Federal Government plan to restrict vitamin B12 and urine examination tests under Medicare next year. Foreshadowed in the last budget,…
A GP guide to amyloidosis
Need to know: Amyloidosis describes the group of diseases that result when amyloid fibrils accumulate in organs and result in organ dysfunction. There are about…
Parenthood and the three-gene screen
Reproductive genetic carrier screening (RGCS) aims to identify couples of reproductive age who have a high chance of having children with severe or life-threatening inherited…
Path labs that don’t upload results to My Health Record will lose MBS rebates, Mark Butler warns
Medicare will take back rebates if imaging and pathology companies do not upload results to My Health Record in near real time, the Minister for…
Pathologist avoids conviction for taking 8cm knife onto flight to peel scabs from his arm
A 75-year-old doctor has avoided conviction after boarding an international flight with a knife, which he said he carried as a “habitual scratching implement” because…
A third of GPs ‘rarely or never use’ My Health Record for patient care
Figures showing that almost one in three GPs rarely use the multibillion-dollar My Health Record underline the desperate need for a Federal Government fix, the…
A cosmetic concern that is more than skin deep
Fen, a 61-year-old woman, visits her GP to review the results of recent blood tests. She is concerned about a lump under her right eye,…
Medical Must-See: A gynaecological tumour that’s one in 3300
A 40-year-old’s painless vulval mass was actually a rare benign smooth muscle tumour, a trio of pathologists discovered. The patient had slight discomfort but no…
