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A 72-year-old woman with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma presents with confusion, constipation and weakness. Her serum calcium is 4.18 mmol/L (2.10–2.60), crea…
Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 35-year-old primigravida at 37 weeks’ gestation is found to have blood pressure readings of 148/96 and 146/94 mmHg 4 hours apart. Urine protein is 2+, platele…
Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 46-year-old man wakes with markedly reduced hearing in his right ear and a continuous high-pitched noise. He has no pain, discharge or recent infection, and t…
Emergency and Toxicology · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 47-year-old woman has fatigue, pruritus and intermittent jaundice. Alanine aminotransferase is 680 U/L (5–40), IgG is 31 g/L (7–16), antinuclear and smooth-mu…
Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · common
A 29-year-old man with asthma is treated for an acute exacerbation with repeated nebulised salbutamol, ipratropium and corticosteroids. Initially he was agitate…
Respiratory · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 30-year-old woman at 30+2 weeks has hypertension controlled with oral therapy and an ultrasound-estimated fetal weight below the third centile. Umbilical arte…
Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 33-year-old woman at 33+5 weeks has a blood pressure of 168/112 mmHg on two occasions despite oral treatment. She has persistent right upper quadrant pain; pl…
Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 59-year-old woman develops sharp central chest pain two days after an uncomplicated ST-elevation myocardial infarction. She says it is worse when she takes a…
Cardiovascular · Mechanisms of disease · middle twist
A 72-year-old woman has developed a new unilateral temporal headache over three weeks. She reports pain when chewing and two recent episodes in which vision in…
AMC · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 32-year-old woman develops widespread urticaria, lip swelling and wheeze within 15 minutes of eating a satay dish at a restaurant. On arrival of paramedics he…
Emergency and Toxicology · Pre-internship · common
A 9-month-old girl is brought to the emergency department with three days of runny nose and moist cough, and one day of fast, noisy breathing. She is taking abo…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common
A 78-year-old woman presents with sudden painless loss of vision in her right eye on waking this morning. For the past three weeks she has had a right-sided hea…
Eyes, Ears, Nose and Throat · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 78-year-old man presents with three weeks of redness, warmth and itch affecting both lower legs. He is otherwise well, with long-standing varicose veins and a…
Dermatology · Clinical rotations · common
A 24-year-old woman with asthma since childhood attends for review. Her only treatment is a salbutamol inhaler, which she now uses three to four times a week fo…
Respiratory · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 38-year-old woman presents with two weeks of pain in the front of her neck radiating to her jaw, together with palpitations, sweating and 2 kg of weight loss.…
Endocrine and Metabolic · Clinical rotations · common
A 42-year-old man presents with haemoptysis, fatigue and rapidly worsening renal function. Creatinine is 486 micromol/L, urine microscopy shows dysmorphic red c…
Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 46-year-old man notices sudden hearing loss in his left ear on waking 48 hours ago. He has no pain, discharge or recent upper respiratory infection, and otosc…
Eyes, Ears, Nose and Throat · Clinical rotations · common
A 45-year-old woman presents with a painful, swollen, red area on her right forearm that developed over the past two days. She reports a minor cut from gardenin…
Year 1 · Mechanisms of disease · common
A 45-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus presents with a painful, rapidly expanding area of redness on her thigh. She has a fever of 39°C (102.2°F) and hypote…
Year 1 · Mechanisms of disease · middle twist
A 34-year-old woman presents to the clinic with sudden onset right eye pain and blurred vision that worsens with eye movement for the past 4 days. She denies fe…
Year 3 · Clinical rotations · common