A case from the library
Silent and unresponsive in a 17-year-old boy
PsychiatryMedium
Amir Hassan
17 years · Male
Vitals
- Heart rate
- 80 bpm
- Blood pressure
- 130/60 mmHg
- Resp. rate
- 16 /min
- SpO₂
- 99%
- Temperature
- 98.6 °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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