General Surgery Cases & Quizzes

• A 42-Year-Old Office Assistant With Chronic Leg and Back Pain A 42-year-old woman presents with a history of chronic leg and lower back pain lasting several years. A CT scan reveals unexpected findings. Can you make the diagnosis?
  Medscape, March 05, 2021
• Fast Five Quiz: Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1 Management How much do you know about the management of primary hyperoxaluria type 1? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, March 01, 2021
• Fast Five Quiz: Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1 Screening and Diagnosis Are you familiar with the screening and diagnosis of primary hyperoxaluria type 1? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, March 01, 2021
• Fast Five Quiz: Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1 Signs and Symptoms Are you familiar with the signs and symptoms of primary hyperoxaluria type 1? Test your knowledge with this this quick quiz.
  Medscape, February 25, 2021
• Fast Five Quiz: Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1 How familiar are you with primary hyperoxaluria type 1? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, February 25, 2021
• Fast Five Quiz: Interstitial Non-IPF Management How much do you know about managing diffuse parenchymal lung diseases? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, February 12, 2021
• Fast Five Quiz: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Management How much do you know about the management of GERD? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, February 12, 2021
• A Daily Beer Drinker With Agonizing Gas and Back Pain A 47-year-old man has had intermittent, gaslike epigastric pain for a week. This morning, the pain worsened and now radiates from his upper abdomen to his back. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, February 09, 2021
• Fast Five Quiz: hATTR Treatment How much do you know about the treatment of hATTR? Test your knowledge with this short quiz.
  Medscape, February 05, 2021
• Fast Five Quiz: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Management How much do you know about the management of non-small cell lung cancer? Refresh your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, February 03, 2021
• Fast Five Quiz: Spinal Muscular Atrophy Management Although there is no definitive cure for SMA, interventions are available to slow disease progression and ease symptoms. Are you familiar with the current treatment recommendations for SMA?
  Medscape, January 25, 2021
• Fast Five Quiz: Vitamin B12 Deficiency Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause various clinical manifestations. Are you familiar with risk factors, key aspects of presentation, and best practices? Test your knowledge with this short quiz.
  Medscape, December 22, 2020
• Fast Five Quiz: Nasal Polyps Surgical Management and Polypectomy How much do you know about the surgical management of nasal polyps? Refresh your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 09, 2020
• Fast Five Quiz: Nasal Polyps Nonsurgical Management How much do you know about the nonsurgical management of nasal polyps? Test your knowledge with this short quiz.
  Medscape, December 08, 2020
• A Soccer Player With Sudden Severe Abdominal Pain and Fever A 50-year-old man presents with a 2-day history of fever and persistent left upper quadrant pain resulting from a minor blow to the left upper quadrant. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, December 07, 2020
• Fast Five Quiz: Frostbite and Hypothermia Freezing conditions can be damaging and deadly. Are you prepared to confront two of the most serious and common cold weather health concerns? Refresh and test your knowledge with this short quiz.
  Medscape, December 03, 2020
• Fast Five Quiz: Sickle Cell Disease Presentation and Diagnosis How much do you know about the presentation and diagnosis of SCD? Test yourself with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, November 02, 2020
• Fast Five Quiz: Sickle Cell Disease Sickle cell disease causes significant morbidity and mortality, particularly in those of African and Mediterranean ancestry. What do you know about this condition? Test yourself with our short quiz.
  Medscape, November 02, 2020
• ECG Challenge: Lightheadedness in the ED An older man with a history of hypertension and heart disease visits the ED with lightheadedness and a slow pulse. What's going on?
  Medscape Cardiology, September 22, 2020
• Fast Five Quiz: HER2+ Breast Cancer New targeted treatments have significantly improved survival rates for patients with HER2+ breast cancer. How much do you know about HER2+ breast cancer? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, September 14, 2020