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A 4-month-old boy is brought in by his mother's partner with a swollen right thigh, which he says happened when the baby rolled off the couch this morning.…
Paediatrics · Pre-internship · common
A 14-year-old boy is worried that he is the shortest in his class and has no signs of puberty. His height is on the 3rd centile and his weight on the 10th; his…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 2-year-old girl is brought in by her mother, who felt a lump in the child's abdomen while bathing her. The child is well, eating normally and has not los…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common
A 4-year-old boy develops widespread bruising on his shins and trunk and a crop of pinpoint red spots on his legs over three days, two weeks after a cold. He is…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 22-year-old man was struck on the right temple by a cricket ball three hours ago in a country town. He was briefly unconscious, then walked off the field and…
Emergency and Toxicology · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 24-year-old man fell onto his outstretched right hand playing football two days ago. He has pain at the base of the thumb that is worse gripping. On examinati…
Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal · Clinical rotations · common
A 67-year-old man with prostate cancer on androgen deprivation therapy presents with two weeks of mid-back pain that is worse lying flat and wakes him at night.…
Haematology and Oncology · Pre-internship · common
A 27-year-old woman of Greek background attends for pre-pregnancy advice. She feels well. A full blood count taken by her previous doctor shows: haemoglobin 108…
Haematology and Oncology · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 7-year-old girl returns from a camping trip in far north Queensland with five days of fever, headache and severe myalgia. There is a 1 cm black-crusted ulcer…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · niche
The bone marrow result for a 4-year-old girl admitted with pallor and bruising has confirmed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. You are to be present while the cons…
Paediatrics · Pre-internship · common
A 4-year-old girl has had bruises on her shins and trunk for three weeks. Her mother says she has become pale, tires on the walk to kindergarten and asks to be…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common
A 3-year-old girl is brought in after her mother felt a lump in her tummy while bathing her. She is thriving, plays normally, and has had no fever, weight loss…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common
A 4-year-old girl has refused to walk since yesterday and cries whenever her right leg is moved. Temperature is 38.9 degrees Celsius and heart rate 148 per minu…
Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist
A girl born at 38 weeks weighs 2.2 kg and her head circumference is well below the third centile. Scattered purple-red spots over the trunk do not blanch, and t…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 14-year-old boy is brought in by both parents, who are worried that he is the shortest in his year and has not started to change. His height has followed the…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · niche
A 7-year-old girl is brought to a general practice because over six months she has developed underarm odour and a few dark hairs in the pubic area. Her mother i…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 9-year-old boy is referred to a paediatric clinic because his weight is above the 97th centile. Both parents are overweight, he spends most of his free time o…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 14-year-old boy is brought by his parents because he is the shortest in his class and has no signs of puberty. His height is on the 3rd centile and he has gro…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 7-year-old girl is brought because her school photograph shows her much shorter than her friends. At 4 years of age her height and weight were both on the 50t…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 14-year-old boy is brought by his mother because he is the shortest in his class and is being teased. His height has followed a line just below the 3rd percen…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist