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Cholecysto-duodenal fistula (CDF) is a rare complication of chronic calculous cholecystitis. Due to advancements in minimally invasive techniques, a paradigm shift has occurred from the traditional ...
An older woman with dementia and type 2 diabetes was started on semaglutide and subsequently developed severe psychological and physical symptoms, including apathy, significant weight loss and ...
A man in his 20s presented after a high-energy MCA. Initially, he was haemodynamically stable; the abdominal exam revealed a large right flank haematoma. On placement of a catheter, there was gross ...
A woman in her 70s presented with approximately 2 years of sudden-onset gait and cognitive problems. She had been diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) and underwent ventriculoperitoneal ...
A woman in her early 60s presented to the emergency room with worsening pain 10 days after an injury to her right abdomen. CT revealed a large subcutaneous haematoma and contained small bowel ...
Review articles1 and dermatology textbook presentations of scabies2 often contain no images of its dermoscopic features and, in fact, may omit mention of dermoscopy as an aid in diagnosis. Scabies ...
In this case, a woman in her 80s presented to the emergency department with signs and symptoms of acute pancreatitis that began after starting a course of doxycycline. Common aetiologies of acute ...
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) showed dysplastic inner retinal layers and adjacent normal-looking retina (figure 2A,B). This retinal morphology remained unchanged over 13 years of follow-up ...
A young pregnant woman in her 20s presented with a 2 month history of high-grade intermittent fever. She exhibited multiple painful nodules scattered across her body for 2 months, initially small but ...
A woman aged 69 years presented with chronic medial knee pain for the past 12 months. Apart from type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension, there was no medical history of gout, trauma, endocrine or ...
Learning points Buttock claudication is caused by occlusion of the internal iliac artery or its branches. Buttock claudication can be a diagnostic challenge because of the lack of ischaemic symptoms ...
The authors describe a 25-year-old male with systemic vasculitis fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology classification criteria for both granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s ...