Also known as: Broken back
A burglar who was beaten with a golf club sustained a T12 burst fracture requiring surgical decompression via transpedicle screws with posterior approach. Post-surgery prognosis is about 70% recovery.
Also known as: Adrenal tumor
Patient presented with stomach pains and was found to have an adrenal tumor on CT scan, though surgery was delayed due to discovery of carotid stenosis.
Also known as: Carotid plaques
Patient with 90% blockage in right carotid artery causing neurologic symptoms and expressive aphasia, requiring carotid endarterectomy before planned adrenal tumor resection.
Also known as: Brain bleed
Acute on chronic subdural hematoma discovered in the same patient with carotid stenosis, explaining his aphasia and neurological symptoms.
Also known as: False aneurysm
Patient with stab wounds developed a pulsatile mass over wound site indicating pseudoaneurysm requiring angiography and surgical intervention.
Also known as: Kidney failure
27-year-old woman on dialysis for three years awaiting kidney transplant. Due to a dialysis error (zero potassium bath given despite low potassium), she developed torsades and cardiac arrest, resulting in loss of her transplant opportunity.
Also known as: Irregular heart rhythm
Life-threatening arrhythmia resulting from severe hypokalemia caused by incorrect dialysis bath composition, requiring emergency resuscitation and resulting in loss of kidney transplant.