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Module: Surgery
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- A plain guide to the Acute Abdomen
- A 67-year-old man with acute abdominal pain
- A 70-year-old man with yellow sclera
- A young man with a scrotal swelling
- Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?
- Blood on the floor
- A 42-year-old woman with a neck lump
- Pain under the jaw in a grey nomad
- Do I have to get out of bed for this?
- Can this wait until the morning?
- I, Claudius
A 70-year-old man with yellow sclera
Author(s):
Peter Devitt
Consultant Surgeon
and
Chair, MCQ Panel of Examiners
Australian Medical Council
Overview:
Jaundice has a multitude of different potential causes and sometimes the individual patient can present quite a challenge in diagnosis and management. This clinical vignette is based on a real case in which there was a rather unexpected cause for the jaundice.
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