Paediatrics · History + examination

Breast development at seven

Medium

8 min station · 2 min reading · UWA Year 3

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2 min reading · 8 min station · reminders at 1 min

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in general practice. Your next patient is Layla Nassar, aged 7. Her mother, Zeina, has booked in because Layla's breasts have started to develop.

  1. Take a focused history from her mother

  2. Examine Layla

  3. Outline to the examiner:

    • Your most likely diagnosis and differentials
  • You do not need to summarise your findings
  • Layla is in the waiting room: describe your examination and the examiner gives the findings on request
  • The examiner will ask you questions at the end
Practising alone? Ask the examinerFindings appear only when you ask for them

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Examination