56-Year-Old Man With Profuse Diarrhea

Hyperphosphatemia in a 56-year-old man with hypochondrial pain.

A 56-year-old Caucasian man with a history of colon cancer status post resection and chemoradiotherapy presented to the emergency medicine department with unintentional weight loss and 6 months of dull right hypochondrial pain with no change in bowel habit. The abdominal pain turned sharp and severe on the day of admission. He was not jaundiced, and no abdominal mass was felt. Initial laborator...

A 32-year-old man with copious, watery diarrhea.

A breast mass in a 56-year-old man.

Ontario, presented to his family physician after finding a lump in his right breast on self-inspection. He described a onemonth history of pressure and tenderness at the site of the mass. No other lumps were detected, and there was no history of fever, sweats, weight loss or previous trauma to the breast. He had a history of obstructive sleep apnea, took no medications and did not use recreatio...

A 50 Year Old Man with Fever and Abdominal Pain

The patient is a 50-year-old man who has been diagnosed with abdominal pain, fever, shivering and constipation with nausea and vomiting with a possible diagnosis of typhoid. Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis was performed by injection of contrast agent for the patient. What is your diagnosis?

A 56-year-old woman with breathlessness

CLINICAL INTRODUCTION A 56-year-old female with adult-onset asthma was admitted to the cardiology service with intermittent left-sided chest pain and progressive dyspnoea. Twelve months prior to this admission, she had received a course of prednisolone for bilateral anterior uveitis. Physical examination was unremarkable with blood sampling revealing a marked eosinophilia (eosinophil count 17.3...