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A 76-year-old woman taking denosumab for osteoporosis develops pain around a mandibular molar and undergoes extraction. Twelve weeks later, a segment of hard ti…

Endocrine and Metabolic · Clinical rotations · common

A 26-year-old woman has painless enlargement of several cervical lymph nodes, night sweats and generalised itch. She has no recent dental infection, cat exposur…

Haematology and Oncology · Foundations · common

A 46-year-old man develops jaundice, dark urine and exertional dyspnoea over several weeks. He has splenomegaly, a haemoglobin concentration of 78 g/L (130–170)…

Haematology and Oncology · Mechanisms of disease · common

A 58-year-old woman presents with tiredness, a sore tongue and difficulty judging the position of her feet in the dark. She has a macrocytic anaemia, a low seru…

Haematology and Oncology · Clinical rotations · common

A 67-year-old woman with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis reports increasing fatigue and reduced exercise tolerance. Her haemoglobin is 92 g/L (115–155), mean…

Haematology and Oncology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 55-year-old man with severe depression is admitted after refusing food and fluids for several days. He understands that electroconvulsive therapy has been rec…

Ethics and Professional Practice · Pre-internship · common

A 36-year-old man with schizophrenia attends with his sister after stopping risperidone. He hears a voice commenting on his actions but is calm, has no thoughts…

Ethics and Professional Practice · Pre-internship · common

A 72-year-old man with atrial fibrillation notices sudden, profound loss of vision in his right eye while eating breakfast. There is no pain, headache or preced…

Eyes, Ears, Nose and Throat · Clinical rotations · common

A 34-year-old woman at 13 weeks of gestation presents with vaginal bleeding and increasing abdominal distension. The uterus is approximately 18 weeks in size, h…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · common

A 36-year-old woman at 8 weeks of gestation has vaginal bleeding and intermittent lower abdominal cramping. Transvaginal ultrasonography shows an intrauterine g…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 29-year-old woman presents at 7 weeks of pregnancy with increasing right lower abdominal pain and light vaginal bleeding. She conceived after in-vitro fertili…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · common

A 30-hour-old boy develops jaundice and pallor. He is feeding reasonably well and has mild splenomegaly. His mother is blood group O positive and he is group B…

Paediatrics · Mechanisms of disease · middle twist

A 19-day-old girl is reviewed for jaundice that has persisted since discharge from hospital. Her mother reports that the urine has stained the nappy dark and th…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common

A 3-week-old boy is brought with persistent jaundice, poor weight gain and two episodes of jitteriness before feeds. He was born at term with a small penis and…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 31-year-old woman presents 12 days after a vaginal birth with increasing bleeding, fever and lower abdominal discomfort. Her temperature is 39.1°C, the uterus…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · common

A 7-year-old boy receiving chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia develops a temperature of 38.6°C at home. In hospital he is alert, has normal perfusio…

Haematology and Oncology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

An 8-month-old girl has a temperature of 39.4°C and has been unsettled for two days. She is drinking, has normal work of breathing and perfusion, and examinatio…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 4-year-old boy presents with fever, vomiting and severe pain in both legs. Over the preceding two hours, dark purple spots have appeared over his buttocks and…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common

A 59-year-old woman is admitted after vomiting for two days and taking sotalol for recurrent atrial fibrillation. She has several brief episodes of faintness as…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common

A 24-year-old woman presents with abrupt pounding in her neck and mild breathlessness that began while she was sitting at work. She is alert, warm and normotens…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist