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Module: Surgery

Case Studies:

1. A young man with a scrotal swelling
2. Have you given him sufficient fluid?
3. I, Claudius
4. Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?
5. Blood on the floor
6. A 42-year-old woman with a neck lump
7. A 69-year-old man with blurring of vision
8. Pain under the jaw in a grey nomad
9. Do I have to get out of bed for this?

A young man with a scrotal swelling

Author(s):

Peter Devitt
Professorial Surgical Unit
Royal Adelaide Hospital

Overview:

Scrotal swellings are common and usually of no consequence - but they all need careful assessment... Here is an example.

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