A teenager was told he had swine flu after phoning the national helpline only to discover a few days later that his condition was a severe urinary tract infection. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/8184506.stm Whilst alarming this is a predictable drawback of telephone helplines in that it is more difficult to make a correct diagnosis over the telephone especially […]
Month: August 2009
The co-existence of CHARGE and myelodysplastic syndrome in a child
The authors of this case report highlight the unusual association of CHARGE and MDS in a child. It is a well written short report that may be an early indication of an association and interesting pathological link. However, as the authors point out, the association in this particular patient may simply be coincidence. The co-existence […]