Also known as: Lung cancer
Referenced in the opening voiceover as an example of how the body reveals the truth about a patient who secretly smoked for 20 years. Used to illustrate the episode's theme about shame and hidden truths.
Also known as: Kidney damage
A pastor who fell down two flights of stairs after accidentally sending a sex tape to his congregation. He has a grade IV kidney injury with active extravasation requiring exploratory laparotomy. Post-operatively develops a clotted Foley catheter putting him at risk for renal failure.
Also known as: Head laceration
The pastor sustained a head laceration and mild concussion with loss of consciousness when he fell down the stairs, but head CT showed no significant injury.
Also known as: Enchondromatosis
A young boy from Jordan with advanced Ollier disease causing massive cartilaginous tumors (enchondromas) in both hands. The tumors show precancerous cells and have destroyed most of the bone structure. The team debates amputation versus attempting complex hand reconstruction surgery.
Also known as: Broken collarbone
Patient who suffered a severely displaced clavicular fracture and subclavian artery injury in a car accident caused by her father's uncontrolled diabetes. Required surgical repair of the artery.
Also known as: Diabetes
Patient with uncontrolled diabetes and diabetic nerve pain in his foot that he has been hiding from his daughter. The neuropathy likely caused him to lose control of his car, resulting in an accident that injured his daughter Angela.