Also known as: Blood and air in chest cavity
Russel suffers multiple penetrating chest injuries from a chandelier that falls on him at the department store, causing a hemopneumothorax with mediastinal shift requiring emergency chest tube placement and surgery.
Also known as: Gunshot wound to artery
Glass from the chandelier impales through Russel's left subclavian artery requiring delicate surgical removal using SNAP 3D imaging technology. Connor Rhodes must perform the critical repair when complications arise during surgery.
Also known as: Brain tumor
Dylan, a music conservatory student, presents with vertigo and hearing loss. CT reveals bilateral acoustic neuromas from neurofibromatosis pressing on her inner ear. She initially refuses urgent surgery to preserve her hearing for her upcoming recital, but eventually agrees after a violin performance demonstration.
Underlying genetic condition causing Dylan's acoustic neuromas by disturbing nervous system cell growth.
Also known as: High blood sugar
Army Ranger presents with blood sugar of 350 after a fender bender. Investigation reveals no natural cause for diabetes; his wife has been secretly poisoning him with prednisone to keep him from being deployed overseas.
Also known as: Broken vertebrae
Jackson has two fractured thoracic vertebrae that he has not reported, discovered during workup for his hyperglycemia.
Also known as: Munchausen syndrome by proxy
Mrs. Jackson has been secretly administering prednisone to her husband to induce symptoms of diabetes and prevent his military deployment. This is a case of domestic abuse disguised as medical illness, ultimately reported to police.