The drover’s wife

Matthew J Links; Theodora Bikou

doi:10.5694/mja13.10290

The drover’s wife

Matthew J Links^*, Theodora Bikou

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The registrar called about her first consultation as a trainee oncologist. The “case” was a 69-year-old previously well woman (let's call her Tracey) from a semirural setting, who had gone to bed, one week ago, as normal, and had then woken up to find she was having difficulty holding her coffee mug. Within 24 hours she was intubated, ventilated and transferred to a metropolitan centre. A week later she had been diagnosed with a severe demyelinating polyneuropathy and metastatic squamous cell cancer of the lung.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	632-632
Number of pages	1
Journal	The Medical journal of Australia
Volume	198
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5694/mja13.10290
Publication status	Published - 17 Jun 2013
Externally published	Yes

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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The drover’s wife

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