An older woman with dementia and type 2 diabetes was started on semaglutide and subsequently developed severe psychological and physical symptoms, including apathy, significant weight loss and ...

A woman aged 25 years was referred to cardiology for atypical chest pain. This was described as sharp non-exertional left-sided chest pain lasting a few seconds. Vitals showed BP 122/85 and pulse 87 ...

Hypercalcaemia in pregnancy presents with altered mental status, constipation, fatigue and nausea. Hypercalcaemia mediated by parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) secondary to benign breast ...

A woman in her 70s presented to the hospital being generally unwell 8 days following the first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination. She was in stage III acute kidney injury (AKI) with ...

Cervical fracture dislocation often leads to neurological deficits, manifesting with sensory and motor symptoms, which may persist even after surgical intervention. We presented two cases with mild ...

Three unrelated patients attended the accident and emergency department with pain and blurred vision after ocular injury with a Nerf gun. Two were adults and one was a child, all of which presented ...

Despite the perception that medical students and doctors should be ‘invincible’, mental health challenges are common in this population. Medical students and doctors have low levels of help seeking ...

Fetus in fetu (FIF) is an extremely rare condition in which malformed fetus is found most commonly in the retroperitoneum of living twin. It occurs in about 1 in 500 000 live births and less than 200 ...

Learning points Buttock claudication is caused by occlusion of the internal iliac artery or its branches. Buttock claudication can be a diagnostic challenge because of the lack of ischaemic symptoms ...

Erythema nodosum (EN) is a common dermatological manifestation with many different aetiologies. Often however, the aetiology remains unidentified. We present here a 42-year-old male patient with an EN ...

‘Long COVID-19’ can affect different body systems. At present, avascular necrosis (AVN) as a sequalae of ‘long COVID-19’ has yet not been documented. By large-scale use of life-saving corticosteroids ...

Tattooing for decorative body art is becoming more popular and, as a result, so are tattoo-related complications. Patients are unlikely to discuss tattoos with medical professionals, even though these ...