Case challenges

Read the story. Find it in 3D.

918 patients on 88 3D models, across all 11 body systems. Work out what went wrong, tap it on the model, then explain why. Three stars if you get it first time.

1. Read the storyA patient, what happened and what the tests show.
2. Find it on the modelNames are hidden. Tap the structure behind it all.
3. Explain whyOne question, then the teaching point and an exam tip.

All 918 casesHide solved

• DigestiveWarm-upAppendicitis on the wrong sideRaymond, 72, low-fibre diet · Whole bodyNot tried yetStart
• Blood, lymph and immuneStandardA lump far from the problemGeorge, 66, weight loss and early fullness · Whole bodyNot tried yetStart
• NervousTrickyWorse by the eveningLena, 32 · Whole bodyNot tried yetStart
• CardiovascularStandardA clot that went up, not downAlbert, 78, irregular pulse for years · Whole bodyNot tried yetStart
• CardiovascularTrickyA leg clot in the wrong placeNadia, 34, back from a long-haul flight · Whole bodyNot tried yetStart
• NervousStandardA cough, then a seizureDerek, 64, forty years a smoker · Whole bodyNot tried yetStart
• CardiovascularWarm-upA leg vein sewn onto the heartWinston, 67, three blocked heart arteries · Whole bodyNot tried yetStart
• EndocrineWarm-upEverything has slowed downMargaret, 58, always feels the cold · Whole bodyNot tried yetStart
• EndocrineTrickyCollapse after stopping the tabletsVictor, 70, long-term steroid tablets · Whole bodyNot tried yetStart
• EndocrineStandardThe ring that had to be cut offStephen, 46, builder · Whole bodyNot tried yetStart
• DigestiveStandardOne organ, two jobs lostGary, 52, drinks heavily · Whole bodyNot tried yetStart
• UrinaryStandardPale, and iron did not helpJoseph, 71, long-standing kidney disease · Whole bodyNot tried yetStart
• DigestiveStandardWhy the spray goes under the tonguePauline, 69, angina · Whole bodyNot tried yetStart
• Blood, lymph and immuneTrickyThe organ that shrank awayKwame, 24, sickle cell disease · Whole bodyNot tried yetStart
• DigestiveTrickyNumb feet years after an operationHarold, 73, stomach removed for cancer eight years ago · Whole bodyNot tried yetStart
• RespiratoryWarm-upBreathing well but silentOmar, 45, after a severe head injury · Whole bodyNot tried yetStart
• CardiovascularWarm-upWhere to press in an arrestTerry, 59, collapsed at the station · Whole bodyNot tried yetStart
• CardiovascularWarm-upThe pulse you check firstFatima, 50, found collapsed in a corridor · Whole bodyNot tried yetStart
• CardiovascularTrickyA heart check in the neckEdith, 81, swollen ankles and breathless · Whole bodyNot tried yetStart
• NervousStandardOut cold at the blood testCallum, 19, first blood test · Whole bodyNot tried yetStart
• MusculoskeletalTrickyCola-coloured urine after the raceMarcus, 29, first marathon on a hot day · Whole bodyNot tried yetStart
• MusculoskeletalTrickyBreathless two days after the breakLewis, 22, motorbike crash · Whole bodyNot tried yetStart
• MusculoskeletalWarm-upWoken by a burning toeRonald, 56, enjoys red meat and beer · Whole bodyNot tried yetStart
• NervousStandardShivering at 39.5 degreesAisha, 6, chest infection · Whole bodyNot tried yetStart