ABSTRACT

100 Diagnostic Dilemmas in Clinical Medicine presents 100 real-life scenarios seen in the hospital and community setting. A succinct summary of the patient's history, examination and any initial investigations is followed by a detailed consideration of the diagnosis and management of each case, in the short, medium and, where appropriate, long-term.  Making speedy and appropriate clinical decisions, and choosing the best course of action to take as a result, is one of the most important and challenging parts of training to become a doctor. These true-to-life cases will teach students and junior doctors to recognize important medical conditions, and to develop their diagnostic and management skills.

chapter |4 pages

Case 3: Yellow Blood

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Case 5: Sudden-Onset Headache

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Case 11: It's All in Your Head

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Case 12: Hyperpigmented Skin Lesions

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Case 15: A Confused Traveller

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Case 16: Hepatosplenomegaly

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Case 18: First Fit

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Case 21: ITP or not ITP?

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Case 22: A Blistering Rash

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Case 23: Heart and Lungs

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Case 24: Recurrent Haemothorax

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Case 25: Fever and Unilateral Weakness

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Case 27: A Purpuric Rash

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Case 28: Bilateral Hip Pain

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Case 29: Bleeding Gums

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Case 32: A Farmer with Abdominal Pain

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Case 34: An Elderly Man with Confusion

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Case 35: Numb Fingers and Eosinophilia

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Case 37: Collapsed in the Corridor

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Case 38: A Hypernatraemic Patient

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Case 41: Seizures and Hand Lesions

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Case 42: Bilateral Foot Weakness

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Case 43: Rash, Fevers and Headache

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Case 46: A Young Man with Chest Pain

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Case 47: Unilateral Facial Weakness

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Case 49: A Teenager with Palpitations

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Case 51: Headache and Thrombocytopenia

chapter |5 pages

Case 52: Coffee Ground Vomiting

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Case 53: A Teenager with a Rash

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Case 57: A Confused Young Man

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Case 58: Haemoptysis and Renal Failure

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Case 59: An Unwell Pet Shop Owner

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Case 60: Neck Pain and Sternal Swelling

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Case 61: Fevers and Cough (Part 1)

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Case 62: Chest Pain after Bad News

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Case 63: A Young Woman with Chest Pain

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Case 65: Rapidly Progressive Dementia

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Case 68: Collapsed Following Influenza

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Case 73: Painless Jaundice

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Case 74: A Blistering Rash

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Case 76: A Silent Patient

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Case 77: HIV and Seizures

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Case 79: A Relentless Rash

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Case 81: Delirium and Tachypnoea

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Case 83: Shivering at the Station

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Case 85: Fever and Cough (Part 2)

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Case 86: Unconscious Outside a Club

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Case 88: Headache and Jaw Pain

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Case 89: Haemoptysis and Diplopia

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Case 91: A Holiday Souvenir

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Case 92: A Febrile Canoeist

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Case 97: TB or not TB?

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Case 98: Headache at the Cattle Farm

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Case 100: An Unsolved Mystery