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Inguinal Hernia · Femoral vs inguinal hernia — anatomical distinction and emergency management ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 45-year-old man, Kwame, presents to the Komfo Anokye emergency theatre with a 6-hour history of a painful, irreducible right groin swelling. He first noticed the swelling 2 years ago and was able to…

Inguinal Hernia · Inguinal hernia anatomy — direct vs indirect ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 45-year-old man, Kwame, presents to the surgical outpatient clinic at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with a 6-month history of a right groin swelling that appears on standing and reduces when he lie…

Inguinal Hernia · Obstructed inguinal hernia — emergency management ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 28-year-old man, Yaw, is brought to the emergency surgical unit at a district hospital in the Bono East Region with a 12-hour history of an irreducible, painful right groin swelling. He reports a lo…

Inguinal Hernia · Strangulated inguinal hernia ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 45-year-old farmer, Kwame, presents to the district hospital surgical ward in Brong-Ahafo with a 6-hour history of a painful, irreducible right groin swelling. He reports a longstanding reducible ri…

Inguinal Hernia · Inguinal hernia management ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 28-year-old man, Kofi, a secondary school teacher in Kumasi, presents to the UGMC surgical outpatient clinic with a 3-month history of a left groin swelling. He noticed it first when lifting heavy b…

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · Hypertrophic scar vs keloid diagnosis ★ HY difficulty 2/5

Ama, a 35-year-old nurse at Tamale Teaching Hospital, underwent an emergency appendicectomy via a right iliac fossa grid-iron incision 18 months ago. She now presents with a raised, erythematous scar …

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · Keloid excision and adjuvant therapy ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Kwame, a 32-year-old man with Fitzpatrick skin type VI, attends the surgical outpatient clinic at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with a 3 cm × 2 cm keloid scar over the right deltoid region, which dev…

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · Keloid vs hypertrophic scar distinction ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 28-year-old woman, Akua, presents to the Korle Bu dermatology-surgical clinic with a raised, itchy scar on her left earlobe that appeared six months after ear-piercing. The lesion has grown well bey…

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · Keloid vs hypertrophic scar distinction ★ HY difficulty 2/5

Akua, a 28-year-old seamstress from Kumasi, presents to the Komfo Anokye surgical outpatient clinic with a raised, itchy, hyperpigmented scar over her sternum following a road traffic injury two years…

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · Hypertrophic scar — diagnosis and natural history ★ HY difficulty 2/5

Ama, a 24-year-old woman, is reviewed in the plastic surgery outpatient clinic at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. She had a caesarean section 18 months ago, and the Pfannenstiel scar has become progressiv…

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · Hypertrophic scar vs keloid — diagnosis and conservative management ★ HY difficulty 2/5

Ama, a 22-year-old university student, attends the surgical outpatient clinic at a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region with a raised scar over her right lower abdomen following an emergency append…

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · First-line treatment of hypertrophic scar — silicone sheeting ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Yaa, a 22-year-old student, presents to the surgical outpatient department of a regional hospital in the Volta Region with hypertrophic scarring over the anterior aspect of both knees following a road…

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · Keloid vs hypertrophic scar — pathophysiology and first-line management ★ HY difficulty 2/5

Akua, a 28-year-old Ghanaian woman, presents to the Korle Bu dermatology-surgery joint clinic with a raised, firm, pruritic scar over her left earlobe following ear-piercing performed 14 months ago. T…

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · First-line non-surgical keloid management ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Kofi, a 32-year-old male trader, attends the surgical outpatient clinic at a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region with bilateral earlobe keloids following ear-piercing performed three years ago. Ea…

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · Keloid vs hypertrophic scar — distinguishing features ★ HY difficulty 2/5

Akua, a 28-year-old seamstress from Kumasi, presents to the Komfo Anokye surgical outpatient clinic with a raised, pruritic lesion over her right earlobe that has been growing for 18 months following …

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · Hypertrophic scar — burn contracture management ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Ama, a 19-year-old secondary school student in Accra, is brought by her mother to the Korle Bu general surgical outpatient clinic. She sustained a burn injury to her right axilla from a cooking accide…

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · First-line keloid treatment ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Kofi, a 22-year-old university student in Accra, presents to the Korle Bu plastic surgery clinic six months after earlobe piercing with a progressively enlarging, firm, non-tender nodular swelling at …

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · Surgical excision with adjuvant therapy for keloid ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Yaw, a 35-year-old man with a known history of keloid formation, is referred to the plastic surgery unit at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with a large, symptomatic keloid over the anterior chest wall…

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · First-line treatment of keloid — intralesional corticosteroid ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Kofi, a 35-year-old male teacher, attends the plastic surgery outpatient clinic at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital with a 4 × 3 cm keloid over the anterior chest wall, which developed 2 years ago following…

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · Earlobe keloid first-line management ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 22-year-old woman, Abena, is referred from a district hospital in the Western Region to the regional hospital plastic surgery outpatient clinic with bilateral earlobe keloids following ear-piercing …

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · Hypertrophic scar diagnosis and conservative management ★ HY difficulty 2/5

Ama, a 19-year-old student, presents to a district hospital surgical outpatient clinic in the Ashanti Region with a raised scar over the anterior chest wall following a median sternotomy for a ventric…

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · Keloid excision — adjuvant therapy selection and evidence base ★ HY difficulty 4/5

Ama, a 22-year-old nursing student, presents to the plastic surgery outpatient clinic at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital with a 4 cm × 3 cm keloid on her presternal chest, which developed six months after …

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · Keloid recurrence prevention — combined modality therapy ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Kofi, a 35-year-old civil servant in Accra, presents to the Korle Bu plastic surgery outpatient clinic with a 4 cm × 3 cm keloid over his presternal region following a median sternotomy scar from an o…

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · Intralesional corticosteroid therapy for keloid ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Kofi, a 34-year-old man with Fitzpatrick skin type VI, attends the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital plastic surgery clinic with a 4 cm × 3 cm raised scar over his sternum following a median sternotomy f…

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · Keloid vs hypertrophic scar pathophysiology ★ HY difficulty 2/5

Akua, a 28-year-old seamstress, presents to the Korle Bu general surgical outpatient clinic with a raised, pruritic scar over her left earlobe following ear-piercing performed 18 months ago. The lesio…

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · First-line management of earlobe keloid at district level ★ HY difficulty 2/5

Adwoa, a 19-year-old student, is reviewed in the surgical outpatient clinic at a district hospital in the Bono Region with a 1.5 cm raised, firm, hyperpigmented scar over her right earlobe following e…

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · Keloid — surgical excision alone and recurrence ★ HY difficulty 2/5

Yaa, a 22-year-old university student in Tamale, presents to the regional hospital surgical outpatient clinic with a raised, firm scar over her right shoulder following a BCG vaccination scar that has…

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · First-line multimodal keloid management ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Yaa, a 22-year-old university student, presents to a regional hospital surgical outpatient clinic in the Ashanti Region with a raised scar over her right deltoid region following a BCG vaccination adm…

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · Refractory keloid — surgical excision plus adjuvant radiotherapy ★ HY difficulty 4/5

Mohammed, a 40-year-old civil servant, is referred to the Korle Bu plastic surgery unit with a large, symptomatic keloid measuring 6 × 4 cm over the left deltoid region, which developed following a BC…

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Management · Hypertrophic scar diagnosis and conservative management ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Kwame, a 35-year-old civil servant with known sickle-cell disease (HbSS), attends the general surgical outpatient clinic at a regional hospital in the Brong-Ahafo region. He had an open cholecystectom…