Diagnosis on a plate: an unusual case

This case study illustrates how important it is for physicians to be good detectives, to follow the clues and to recognize the culprit when it is presented on a plate. The patient in question endured many costly investigations including hospitalization, only to make the diagnosis herself at a later...

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Published in:Canadian family physician 1981-07, Vol.27, p.1145-1147
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