A case from the library
Attacks of severe crampy abdominal pain in a 27-year-old man
DermatologyHard
Omar Haddad
27 years · Male
Vitals
- Heart rate
- 104 bpm
- Blood pressure
- 128/76 mmHg
- Resp. rate
- 18 /min
- SpO₂
- 99%
- Temperature
- 98.6 °F
How hard it is
A rare condition, or a common one presenting unusually. The standard questions and tests won't get you there; you'll need to spot what doesn't fit.
The diagnosis is not shown here. Finding it is the case.
By continuing you agree to the Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy.
Source
Adapted from a case report published in Case Reports in Immunology, under the CC BY 4.0 license. The patient's name and some details are invented; the clinical picture follows the report. The report names the diagnosis.
More Dermatology cases
- Blisters on the hands and dark urine in a 59-year-old manMedium
- Burning, painful tongue in a 45-year-old manHard
- Fever and a spreading rash in a 39-year-old womanMedium
- Itching all over for ten months in a 65-year-old womanHard
- Itchy, crusted scalp sores in an older womanEasy
- Itchy, scaly rash spreading over two weeksEasy