Introduction

Lung cancer remains among the commonest form of cancer in both males and females in Ireland with over 2,500 new cases each year. Unfortunately, a large portion of patients present with inoperable advanced disease and in patients with curable lung cancer – even after surgery, radiotherapy and...

Case study 1

Mr G felt fine when he went to bed at 0130, but his wife awakes at 0345 to find him struggling to get out of bed, unable to move his right arm or leg, and unable to speak. She calls 999 and he arrives at the hospital at 0430

On assessment, his right-sided weakness has now resolved, but he is...

Case study 1

A five-month old infant presents with irritability, respiratory distress and vomiting

A five-month-old infant girl presented with irritability, poor feeding, vomiting and grunting. She had no history of polyuria or polydipsia, but it is difficult to assess at this age due to nappy use and on...

Introduction

Amyloidosis is a disorder of protein folding, where structurally diverse precursor proteins adopt an abnormal but common fibrillar structure, ultimately damaging tissue structure and leading to organ dysfunction. Depending on the dominantly affected organ, a patient may be referred on to a...

Case study 1

A 62-year-old woman was recalled by the BreastCheck screening programme due to a suspicious 0.9cm abnormality in her right breast on a screening mammogram

This abnormality was not palpable on clinical examination. She had a background history of hypertension only. She had no family history...