Ama, a 62-year-old woman with no significant past medical history, is seen at a regional hospital in the Eastern Region with a 2-year history of a painless, non-healing ulcer on the left temple. She i…
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Akua, a 70-year-old retired civil servant from Tamale, is seen in the surgical outpatient department with a 2-year history of a slowly enlarging, firm, skin-coloured to slightly pigmented plaque on th…
A 52-year-old woman, Ama, is referred from a regional hospital in the Volta Region to the Korle Bu surgical oncology unit. She has a 5-month history of a rapidly enlarging, firm, non-tender lump benea…
A 70-year-old retired fisherman, Joseph, is seen at the UGMC surgical outpatient clinic with a 2-year history of a firm, slowly growing nodule on the outer helix of his right ear. He spent decades wor…
Akua, a 47-year-old woman, is referred from a district hospital in the Volta Region to the regional surgical unit with a 6-month history of a non-healing ulcer on her right lower leg. She has a backgr…
A 67-year-old man, Mensah, is referred from a district hospital to Korle Bu with a 4-day history of progressive abdominal distension, colicky pain, and bilious vomiting. He has no previous abdominal s…
A 55-year-old woman, Ama, is admitted to the Korle Bu general surgical unit with a 24-hour history of colicky abdominal pain, vomiting, and failure to pass flatus. She has no previous abdominal surger…
A 62-year-old woman, Ama, is referred from a district hospital in the Upper West Region to the regional hospital in Wa with a 4-day history of colicky abdominal pain, bilious vomiting, and failure to …
A 65-year-old man, Mensah, is referred from a district hospital in the Volta Region to the regional hospital with a 4-day history of colicky abdominal pain, vomiting, and abdominal distension. He has …
Kofi, a 35-year-old farmer, is admitted to a district hospital in the Bono East Region after being macheted across the right lateral thorax during a land dispute. He presents two hours after the injur…
Kofi, a 23-year-old university student, is brought to the A&E of a regional hospital after a motorcycle collision. He was wearing a helmet. He is ambulatory at the scene but reports neck pain. In the …
A 41-year-old woman, Esi, is brought to a district hospital A&E in the Northern Region after a road traffic collision in which she was a pedestrian struck by a vehicle. She has a witnessed loss of con…
A 47-year-old woman, Akua, presents to the Korle Bu ENT outpatient clinic with a 10-day history of sudden onset left-sided hearing loss for which she received a 10-day course of oral prednisolone 60 m…
A 58-year-old woman, Adwoa, is referred to the ENT registrar at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital from a district hospital in Ashanti Region. She reports sudden onset left-sided hearing loss four days ag…
Ama, a 30-year-old nurse, is admitted to a regional hospital in the third week of a febrile illness that was treated as malaria without improvement. She develops sudden severe generalised abdominal pa…
Kofi, a 48-year-old heavy drinker, presents to the emergency department at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital with severe epigastric pain radiating to the back, persistent vomiting, and inability to find a …
Kofi, a 58-year-old cocoa farmer, is brought to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with a 6-hour history of sudden-onset, severe epigastric pain that has now spread across the entire abdomen. He takes ibu…
Ama, a 44-year-old teacher, is admitted to a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region with a 5-day history of high spiking fever (up to 39.8 °C), right upper quadrant pain radiating to the right should…
Kofi, a 45-year-old farmer from the Brong-Ahafo region, presents to the regional hospital with a large, smooth, diffuse neck swelling that has grown gradually over ten years. He has no symptoms of hyp…
Kofi, a 58-year-old farmer, presents to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with a dragging sensation in his right groin for six months. On examination there is a reducible swelling in the right groin that…
Mohammed, a 45-year-old farmer from the Northern Region, presents to the district hospital with a 6-week history of progressively worsening low back pain. He has lost approximately 8 kg in weight over…
A 50-year-old civil servant, Akua, presents to the orthopaedic outpatient clinic at Ho Teaching Hospital with a 3-month history of low back pain. She describes the pain as dull and constant, present b…
Abena, a 55-year-old market trader, presents to the OPD at Ho Teaching Hospital with a 3-month history of low back pain. She reports that the pain is constant, worse at night, and not relieved by rest…
A 7-year-old boy, Kofi, is brought to Korle Bu Teaching Hospital by his mother with a 5-day history of fever, right thigh pain, and refusal to walk. He was treated for malaria at a CHPS compound one w…
Ama, a 34-year-old market trader from Sunyani, presents to the regional hospital with a 6-week history of a painless ulcer on her right lower leg. She initially noticed a small, firm, painless swellin…
Esi, a 34-year-old seamstress, presents to the surgical OPD at Ho Teaching Hospital with a four-week history of a painless swelling on her right forearm that began as a firm nodule and has now develop…
Yaa, a 45-year-old cocoa farmer from the Ashanti Region, presents to a district hospital with a painless ulcer on her lower leg that has been present for three months. Examination reveals a large necr…
Kofi, a 28-year-old mechanic, is brought to the emergency department at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital after a road traffic collision. On examination he is agitated and confused. His GCS is 13. Pupils…
Kofi, a 40-year-old lorry driver, is brought to a regional hospital after a head-on collision. He opens his eyes to pain (score 2), makes incomprehensible sounds (score 2), and withdraws to pain (scor…
Abena, a 55-year-old trader, is evaluated at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital for a 3-month history of intermittent painless haematuria. She has no dysuria, no loin pain, and no weight loss. She grew up n…