Short and Long Cases in Clinical Medicine

Book excerpt: SECTION 1: SHORT CASES Case 1: Respiratory System Case 2: Cardiovascular System Case 3: Abdomen Case 4: Neurology Case 5: Ophthalmology Case 6: Endocrine System Case 7: Locomotor System Case 8: Skin SECTION 2: LONG CASES Case 9: Abdominal Swelling (Ascites--Chronic Liver Disease) Case 10: Jaundice (Acute Viral Hepatitis) Case 11: Fever and Right Upper Abdominal Pain (Liver Abscess) Case 12: A Painful Hard Irregular Mass in Upper Abdomen (Hepatocellular Carcinoma) Case 13: Pruritus with Jaundice (Primary Biliary Cirrhosis) Case 14: Epigastric Pain (Peptic Ulcer Disease) Case 15: Chronic Diarrhea (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) Case 16: Breathlessness and Wheeze (Bronchial Asthma) Case 17: Cough and Breathlessness (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) Case 18: Cough, Breathlessness and Swelling of Legs (Cor Pulmonale) Case 19: Heaviness of Right Side of Chest (Pleural Effusion) Case 20: Cough, Fever and Hemoptysis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) Case 21: Cough, Hemoptysis and Left-sided Chest Pain (Bronchial Carcinoma) Case 22: Swelling of Legs and Breathlessness (Congestive Cardiac Failure) Case 23: Persistently Elevated Blood Pressure (Hypertension) Case 24: Central Chest Pain on Exertion (Ischemic Heart Disease--Stable Angina) Case 25: Prolonged Severe Central Chest Pain (Acute Coronary Syndrome) Case 26: Recurrent Attacks of Exertional Dyspnea, Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspneaand Palpitation (Mitral Stenosis) Case 27: Swelling of Face and Scanty High Color Urine (Acute Glomerulonephritis) Case 28: Generalized Swelling of the Body (Nephrotic Syndrome) Case 29: Anorexia, Nausea, Nocturia, and Swelling of Face and Feet (Chronic Renal Failure) Case 30: Generalized Weakness and Pallor (Iron Deficiency Anemia) Case 31: Anemia and Left Hypochondriac Lump (Thalassemia) Case 32: Nodular Swellings in Neck and Armpits (Lymphoma) Case 33: Purpuric Rash (Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura) Case 34: Weakness, Fever and Gum Bleeding (Aplastic Anemia) Case 35: Low Back Pain and Fatigue (Multiple Myeloma) Case 36: Mass in Left Upper Abdomen and Weakness (Chronic Myeloid Leukemia) Case 37: A Nodular Swelling in Neck (Tubercular Lymphadenitis) Case 38: Prolonged Fever with Left Hypochondriac Lump (Kala Azar) Case 39: Elevated Blood Sugar (Diabetes Mellitus) Case 40: Weight Loss in Spite of Good Appetite (Thyrotoxicosis) Case 41: Puffiness of Face and Weight Gain (Hypothyroidism) Case 42: Multiple Joint Pain and Swelling (Rheumatoid Arthritis) Case 43: Rashes and Painful Swelling of Small Joints (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) Case 44: Painful Swollen Right Knee (Monoarthritis--Reactive Arthritis) Case 45: Back Pain and Stiffness (Ankylosing Spondylitis) Case 46: Weakness and Stiffness of Both Lower Limbs (Spastic Paraparesis--Pott's Disease) Case 47: Weak and Floppy Lower Limbs (Flaccid Paraplegia--Guillain-Barre Syndrome) Case 48: Fasciculations, Cramps and Weakness of Limbs (Motor Neuron Disease) Case 49: Weak, Stiff and Incoordinated Lower Limbs (Multiple Sclerosis) Index