Medical Cases and Answers

A 45-year-old man presents to a physician because of severe chronic diarrhea accompanied by a 18 kg (40 Ib) weight loss. The diarrhea began ...

An 11-month-old girl who attends a day care center develops vomiting and severe, watery diarrhea. The child is taken to an emergency departm...

A 17-year-old boy is seen in an emergency department with severe acute abdominal symptoms that suggest appendicitis. The patient had a simil...

A 25-year-old woman is hospitalized for multiple injuries to her arms and legs from an automobile accident. She is treated with several intr...

A 32-year-old woman goes to an emergency department because she has developed severe, watery diarrhea. On questioning, she reports that thre...