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CaseA Congolese refugee, 24 years of age, was referred to the emergency department with a random venous glucose of 29 mmol/L. She was noted to have pigmented striae, a buffalo hump, acanthosis...

CaseA personal trainer, 26 years of age, presented because of a 12-month history of secondary amenorrhoea since ceasing the oral contraceptive pill. In addition, a friend had commented on the...

Recent changes to the diagnostic threshold and process of universal oral glucose tolerance testing may increase the number of women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) by up to 50%.1...

Figure 1. Chest X-ray demonstrating bilateral symmetrical hilar lymphadenopathy and reticular opacitiesQuestion 1What are the differential diagnoses?Question 2Which investigation would you consider...

DiscussionThe prevalence of heterophile antibodies is 0.17–40% in the general population.1 In eight automated tumour marker immunoassays, the prevalence of heterophile antibodies was 0.2–3.7%.2...