A case from the library
Tiredness and swollen ankles
HematologyEasy
Bikash Gurung
44 years · Male
Vitals
- Heart rate
- 86 bpm
- Blood pressure
- 120/56 mmHg
- Resp. rate
- 19 /min
- SpO₂
- 100%
- Temperature
- 98.1 °F
How hard it is
A textbook presentation with no red herrings. The standard history questions are enough to get you there.
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 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.
More Hematology cases
- Tiredness, headache and a rash of red spots in a 25-year-old manMedium
- Tiredness, headache and joint aches in an older manEasy
- Unresponsiveness after two weeks of vomiting and diarrhea in a 77-year-old womanHard
- Upper abdominal pain in a 34-year-old manMedium
- Vomiting, abdominal pain and weak arms and legs in a 45-year-old manHard
- Worsening breathlessness in a 77-year-old womanMedium