Clinical Vignette

Clinical Vignette Session A: Vignette Award Finalists

CASE: A 50-year-old female with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, tobacco use and bipolar disorder presented with acute, intense substernal chest pain and heart rate of 170 bpm. She had no previous cardiac history and no similar episodes in the past. She started taking lithium 2 months earlier for bipolar disorder. Her electrocardiogram showed inferior ST depression and an incomplete left ...

True Digital Artery Aneurysm - A Clinical Vignette

Swellings of the hand are commonly seen in routine clinical practuce. Ninety five percent of them are benign and most common diagnoses include ganglions, epidermoid inclusion cysts, and giant cell tumours of the tendon sheath. It is very uncommon to find true digital aneuryms in the hand. In this clinical vignette I present a case of true digital artery aneurysm, with the tell tale clinical fea...

2014 Clinical Vignette and Research Competition

Clinical Vignette A genetic syndrome that mimics congenital TORCH infection

Warburg micro syndrome (WAflBM) or Micro syndrome is a rare, genetically heterogeneous, autosomal recessive syndrome. Patients with WAflBM present with severe mental retardation, brain anomalies (polymicrogyria and corpus callosum hypoplasia), craniofacial features (microcephaly, hairy forehead, large anteverted ear, broad nasal root and micrognathia), ocular defects (congenital cataract, micro...

2011 Clinical Vignette and Research Competitions for Associates