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ND Barwell and NR Peden
This streamlined case report flows from a patient's unusual presentation to his complete recovery. Discussion is in depth with 2 images and a helpful illustration simplifying the mechanism underlying hypercalcaemia in sarcoidosis. Quite a catch.
IR Mordi and A Bridges
A patient with no evidence of cardiac carcinoid at oophorectomy develops debilitating right-sided valvular dysfunction from venous drainage of the ovaries passing directly into the inferior vena cava – a feature unique to ovarian carcinoid.
J Richards and WP Stuart
This first reported case is delivered with elegance and precision by a vascular surgeon and a colleague in the Centre for Inflammation Research, Edinburgh. High definition photographs from top to toe are provided.
M Delicata and H Hambley
Haematologists count to 10, when a patient with mesothelioma won't stop bleeding. Factors are explored and key learning points highlighted for clinicians contemplating procedures on patients with malignancy. Well referenced.
J Dalli and J Camilleri-Brennan
This case report and literature review examines management decisions associated with incidental renal masses in addition to the treatment of synchronous neoplasia. An impressive 19 references and 3 images.
RM Simpson
The differential diagnosis of hyponatraemia, a relatively common condition in paediatric practice, is explored when a 14 year old is admitted with confusion and irritability following a minor head injury and a visit to the dentist.
EC Murray
Such an understated title for an complex case report describing the pathophysiology of neuropathic osteoarthropathy with sensory impairment, repetitive trauma and inflammatory bone resorption.
NJK Miller, RDD Duncan and JS Huntley
A 20 year old database of paediatric orthopaedic admissions is scrutinised for confirmed radiological evidence of pyomyositis abscess. The resultant case series is described with a review of the literature citing 18 references.