Unusual presentation with few symptoms leads to an interesting medical journey

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Unusual presentation with few symptoms leads to an interesting medical journey

15 December 2021

Jonathan Bentley

Wednesday 15 December 2021, 12:05 AM

Liz had been burning up for five days, but fever was her only symptom [Image: Tanya Grypachevskaya on Unsplash]

GP Jonathan Bentley discusses the extreme presentation and test results of an Asian woman, who discovers she has inherited something from her mother

Key points, If there is a high fever for several days, abscess should be excluded as a diagnosis. White coat hypertension should be a diagnosis of exclusion not, Pract Green w Pale Yellow

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