This case report encompasses three patients who had worked in the construction industry. All three patients had significant silica dust exposure and were subsequently diagnosed with systemic sclerosis ...

A farmer in his mid-60s with diabetes mellitus and heart failure on medications presented with non-resolving pneumonia for the past 1 month. The patient was initially treated for community-acquired ...

A man in his 50s with chronic pancreatitis presented with epigastric pain and haematemesis. Imaging revealed pancreatic calcifications, multiple pseudocysts and a large pseudoaneurysm arising from the ...

We discuss a case of a female in her 60s diagnosed with primary squamous cell carcinoma of the breast. It is an aggressive and rapidly growing breast cancer with limited cases discussed in the ...

Cholecysto-duodenal fistula (CDF) is a rare complication of chronic calculous cholecystitis. Due to advancements in minimally invasive techniques, a paradigm shift has occurred from the traditional ...

A 27-year-old man with no significant medical history, presented with right foot weakness and difficulty with balance. MRI of his brain, cervical and thoracic spinal cord showed multiple white matter ...

Considering the ocular and systemic features, a diagnosis of Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome (ARS) was made. Absence of a central corneal opacity ruled out Peters anomaly, and the systemic features seen in ...

Congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis (CNPAS) is quite rare estimated at 1 in 25 000 newborns and is frequently missed or even unknown to some neonatal intensivists. 1 2 Being obligate nasal ...

Open elbow dislocation is a rare injury often associated with neurovascular damage. Common fractures associated with elbow dislocation are of the medial epicondyle, lateral epicondyle, radial head and ...

Lower gastrointestinal cancers are commonly adenocarcinoma in the colon and rectum, and of squamous cell histology in the anal canal. Squamous cell carcinoma of the rectum is a rare disease ...

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 ...

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 ...