A case from the library
Blisters on the hands and dark urine in a 59-year-old man
DermatologyMedium
Dennis Murphy
59 years · Male
Vitals
- Heart rate
- 80 bpm
- Blood pressure
- 138/86 mmHg
- Resp. rate
- 14 /min
- SpO₂
- 98%
- Temperature
- 98.2 °F
How hard it is
A real-world presentation with one or two atypical features. You'll need targeted questions and the right test to narrow the differential.
The diagnosis is not shown here. Finding it is the case.
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Source
Adapted from a case report published in Journal of Medical Case Reports, 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.
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