Also known as: Pancreatic tumor
A 16-week pregnant woman presents with palmar erythema and weight loss. Workup reveals advanced pancreatic cancer. The episode focuses on the ethical dilemma of treating her cancer while preserving her pregnancy, ultimately performing a Whipple procedure to buy her time to deliver her baby despite knowing the cancer will progress untreated.
Also known as: Brain AVM rupture
A 12-year-old boy involved in a car accident initially appears stable with only a small scalp laceration. He has an incidental congenital AVM that spontaneously ruptures, causing catastrophic brain hemorrhage. Despite emergency surgery, he suffers cardiac arrest and dies on the table.
Also known as: Head laceration
Initial presentation following motor vehicle collision with small scalp laceration. Initial CT scan showed no contusion or fracture, leading to false reassurance before the AVM rupture.
Also known as: Kidney injury from bus accident
Father of Robbie who was driving during the road rage incident. Sustained abdominal bruising and required surgery for blood in abdomen following the motor vehicle collision.
Also known as: Deep leg wound
Large wounds on the left leg requiring debridement and coverage with a local muscle flap following the car accident.
Also known as: Blown bladder
Brief mention of a bladder rupture repair that Maggie Pierce completed, mentioned in passing as context for her availability.
Also known as: Poison ivy
Initial presenting symptom (palmar erythema/rash on hands with itching) that led Alex Karev to investigate further and ultimately discover the pancreatic cancer. The rash itself was a paraneoplastic manifestation.
Also known as: Neck dislocation
Brief mention at the end of the episode as a case Amelia is working on, used to show her avoiding Owen. Not detailed in the episode.