Full Description
This text presents 41 common long cases and 102 short cases in clinical medicine and is invaluable for both undergraduate and postgraduate students for exam preparation. It provides essential knowledge of history taking and thoroughly elaborates examination procedures. Long cases have been presented in examination settings and examinations in short cases have been explained step by step. This book focuses on causes, differential diagnoses and schematic approach of the disease conditions.
Contents
SECTION 1: SHORT CASES
Case 1: Respiratory System
Case 2: Cardiovascular System
Case 3: Abdomen
Case 4: Neurology
Case 5: Ophthalmology
Case 6: Endocrine System
Case 7: Locomotor System
Case 8: Skin
SECTION 2: LONG CASES
Case 9: Abdominal Swelling (Ascites—Chronic Liver Disease)
Case 10: Jaundice (Acute Viral Hepatitis)
Case 11: Fever and Right Upper Abdominal Pain (Liver Abscess)
Case 12: A Painful Hard Irregular Mass in Upper Abdomen (Hepatocellular Carcinoma)
Case 13: Pruritus with Jaundice (Primary Biliary Cirrhosis)
Case 14: Epigastric Pain (Peptic Ulcer Disease)
Case 15: Chronic Diarrhea (Inflammatory Bowel Disease)
Case 16: Breathlessness and Wheeze (Bronchial Asthma)
Case 17: Cough and Breathlessness (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
Case 18: Cough, Breathlessness and Swelling of Legs (Cor Pulmonale)
Case 19: Heaviness of Right Side of Chest (Pleural Effusion)
Case 20: Cough, Fever and Hemoptysis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)
Case 21: Cough, Hemoptysis and Left-sided Chest Pain (Bronchial Carcinoma)
Case 22: Swelling of Legs and Breathlessness (Congestive Cardiac Failure)
Case 23: Persistently Elevated Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
Case 24: Central Chest Pain on Exertion (Ischemic Heart Disease—Stable Angina)
Case 25: Prolonged Severe Central Chest Pain (Acute Coronary Syndrome)
Case 26: Recurrent Attacks of Exertional Dyspnea, Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspneaand Palpitation (Mitral Stenosis)
Case 27: Swelling of Face and Scanty High Color Urine (Acute Glomerulonephritis)
Case 28: Generalized Swelling of the Body (Nephrotic Syndrome)
Case 29: Anorexia, Nausea, Nocturia, and Swelling of Face and Feet (Chronic Renal Failure)
Case 30: Generalized Weakness and Pallor (Iron Deficiency Anemia)
Case 31: Anemia and Left Hypochondriac Lump (Thalassemia)
Case 32: Nodular Swellings in Neck and Armpits (Lymphoma)
Case 33: Purpuric Rash (Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura)
Case 34: Weakness, Fever and Gum Bleeding (Aplastic Anemia)
Case 35: Low Back Pain and Fatigue (Multiple Myeloma)
Case 36: Mass in Left Upper Abdomen and Weakness (Chronic Myeloid Leukemia)
Case 37: A Nodular Swelling in Neck (Tubercular Lymphadenitis)
Case 38: Prolonged Fever with Left Hypochondriac Lump (Kala Azar)
Case 39: Elevated Blood Sugar (Diabetes Mellitus)
Case 40: Weight Loss in Spite of Good Appetite (Thyrotoxicosis)
Case 41: Puffiness of Face and Weight Gain (Hypothyroidism)
Case 42: Multiple Joint Pain and Swelling (Rheumatoid Arthritis)
Case 43: Rashes and Painful Swelling of Small Joints (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)
Case 44: Painful Swollen Right Knee (Monoarthritis—Reactive Arthritis)
Case 45: Back Pain and Stiffness (Ankylosing Spondylitis)
Case 46: Weakness and Stiffness of Both Lower Limbs (Spastic Paraparesis—Pott's Disease)
Case 47: Weak and Floppy Lower Limbs (Flaccid Paraplegia—Guillain-Barre Syndrome)
Case 48: Fasciculations, Cramps and Weakness of Limbs (Motor Neuron Disease)
Case 49: Weak, Stiff and Incoordinated Lower Limbs (Multiple Sclerosis)
Index
