Case Report
Jockey horse trainer

Nicholas is a 38-year-old retired jockey who attends regularly for prescriptions for timolol and latanoprost eye drops to control his longstanding glaucoma.

Today he presents complaining of

Dr David Bossingham27th February 2019

Adam is 38. He has worked in administration but is now receiving a disability pension for depression, for which he is taking sertraline 50mg/day. 

He attends with back pain, which he says is very

A previously healthy 48-year-old married lawyer with two teenage children presents with a swelling under the angle of her right mandible.

The swelling occurred near the end of a six-hour plane trip.

Tracey is a 33-year-old lawyer relocated from NSW, who presents with a six-week history of increasing breathlessness on exertion.

She reports two fainting episodes while doing simple house chores,

Simon, a 32-year-old father of one, is a self-employed IT professional.

He experienced a traumatic brain injury as a result of a motor vehicle accident three weeks ago.

Simon and his wife present

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Amanda is a 38-year-old woman who attends regarding difficulty falling pregnant.

Amanda has been trying to

Peter, a 66-year-old retired business-man, underwent a pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure) for pancreatic adenocarcinoma one year ago.

He also received adjuvant chemotherapy with gemcitabine

Patricia is 76 years old; a tall, slim retired shop manager.

Many months ago you referred her to a local cardiologist after she had come to you complaining of new ankle oedema.

Examination at the

Lachlan, a 17-year-old high-school student, presents after a two-week history of a pruritic rash over the pubic area and both buttocks.

The rash was first noticed 48 hours after a family holiday at a

Genevieve, a 73-year-old female presents with a four-year history of symmetrical painful peripheral neuropathy, with tactile hyperaesthesia worse at night.

She has a past history of anxiety and

Judith is an 82-year-old woman from a low-level care facility.

Over the last week, she has developed new urinary incontinence and frequency.

She has a history of hypertension and osteoarthritis and