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MONK’S MOMENT

Life in the fast lane

Barry Monk

MA FRCP  Consultant Dermatologist BMI The Manor Hospital, Bedfordshire

When, many years ago, I took finals, one of my colleagues was presented, in the surgical short cases, with a man with a strange lump on his chest. He carefully examined it, but didn’t have a clue as to the diagnosis. The examiner, spotting that he looked baffled, asked whether it would assist him if he told him that the patient came from Northampton. 

Dermatology in practice 2024; 30(3): 58–58
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