Also known as: Facial cut
Victor was attacked and bitten in the face by a drug-intoxicated patient. The bite injury caused damage to his carotid artery requiring surgical repair, and he briefly experienced stroke-like symptoms from the vascular injury.
Also known as: Damaged neck artery
Victor developed a pseudoaneurysm of the carotid artery from the bite attack, causing pulsatile mass and stroke symptoms. Avery and Kepner performed vascular surgery to repair it with a synthetic graft.
Also known as: Complete organ reversal
The drug-intoxicated patient who attacked Victor has complete situs inversus with all organs mirrored. This meant when he was shot twice in the chest where the heart should be, he survived because his heart was on the opposite side.
Also known as: GSW to chest
The attacker sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the chest from police. Owen Hunt performed thoracic surgery complicated by the patient's situs inversus, requiring careful navigation of reversed anatomy and repair of the superior vena cava.
Also known as: Overdose
The patient was on an unknown drug causing extreme agitation, violent behavior, and psychotic symptoms including biting another patient's face. Required large doses of sedatives (lorazepam and haloperidol) to control.
Also known as: Addison's disease
8-year-old Taryn presented with abdominal pain and was found to have enlarged adrenal glands not producing adequate adrenaline, possibly from blastomycosis infection contracted in Brazil. She went into adrenal crisis and shock after being frightened on Halloween, requiring emergency hydrocortisone.
Also known as: Infected wound with maggots
Marge had a 4-month-old infected leg wound from a bug bite that was infested with maggots. She had severe medical phobia and anxiety preventing treatment. Torres and Grey performed surgical debridement; the maggots had actually helped clean necrotic tissue.
Also known as: Medical phobia
Marge had severe anxiety and phobia regarding hospitals and medical procedures that worsened after her husband's death, requiring creative approaches to get her to accept necessary surgery for her infected leg wound.
Also known as: Fluid-filled cyst in pancreas
Dr. Webber requires a cystogastrostomy for a pancreatic pseudocyst, likely a complication from his previous electrocution injury. He uses this as a teaching case for the second-year residents.
An elderly homeless woman who was Dr. Heather Brooks' patient returns seeking treatment for her asthma. She refuses to tell Shane Ross her name and keeps disappearing, insisting on seeing only Dr. Brooks, unaware that Brooks has died.
Also known as: Needle stick
Murphy is bitten on the neck by the drug-intoxicated patient, requiring infectious disease workup including rapid HIV testing and potential prophylactic antiretroviral therapy while awaiting final test results.
Also known as: Eye surgery complications
Edwards recently had LASIK surgery and returns to work too early, experiencing blurred vision, eye strain, and difficulty seeing patients. She walks into a wall and struggles throughout the day, worried she may have permanent vision problems.