Also known as: Inflamed appendix
A young deaf girl presents with abdominal pain and vomiting. Her grandmother insists on appendicitis despite initial assessment suggesting gastroenteritis. Ultrasound confirms appendicitis requiring surgical intervention.
Also known as: Chest injury
A woman with severe agoraphobia suffers blunt trauma to chest and abdomen when a chimney collapses on her during her first time outside in five years. The trauma workup is complicated by her severe panic disorder.
Also known as: Fear of public places
Patient with severe agoraphobia who hadn't been outside in five years experiences trauma requiring hospital treatment, triggering extreme panic attacks that complicate medical care including CT scan.
Also known as: ALD
An 8-year-old boy with advanced ALD undergoing MRI while his mother collapses from exhaustion. The condition is X-linked, inherited from the mother, and the boy recently lost an older brother to the same disease.
Also known as: Anemia from poor diet
Mother of child with ALD presents with syncope in cafeteria, found to have severe iron deficiency anemia from malnutrition and caregiver exhaustion.
Pediatric patient who fractured his elbow while bumper-skiing behind a police car, used as candidate for pain medication study.
Also known as: Internal bleeding
Army private involved in motor vehicle accident develops intra-abdominal hemorrhage confirmed by peritoneal lavage showing gross blood, goes into v-fib and dies despite resuscitation efforts.
Full-term pregnant woman in active labor involved in car accident caused by her husband who was rushing her to hospital. She delivers successfully despite her husband being arrested for DUI and vehicular homicide.
Also known as: TB exposure
Dr. Benton has positive TB skin test from exposure to a patient, requiring chest x-ray and INH prophylaxis for six months.
Also known as: Pink eye
Child with ALD develops conjunctivitis, prescribed gentamicin drops during follow-up visit.