Also known as: Brain tumor
Claire presents with a dramatic personality change from angry and miserable to euphoric and religious, caused by a slow-growing frontal lobe tumor that is stimulating her temporal lobe. She initially refuses surgery because she believes the happiness is from God, but eventually agrees to the operation, which successfully removes the tumor but leaves her depressed and angry again.
Also known as: Bulging blood vessel in the aorta
Kim, a pregnant 30-week patient, presents with severe back pain and is found to have an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The aneurysm ruptures during her hospitalization, requiring emergency surgery to repair it while saving both her and her baby. The condition is later linked to Marfan syndrome.
Kim tests positive for the Fibrillin gene mutation associated with Marfan syndrome, an autosomal dominant connective tissue disorder that explains her aortic aneurysm. The genetic finding reveals that her captor George cannot be her biological father.
Also known as: ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease
William returns from Switzerland with progressive ALS and appears ready to give up treatment. Naomi consults with specialists and eventually convinces Gabriel to provide an experimental, non-FDA-approved protocol to continue treating William's condition.
Also known as: Gunshot wound to artery
A 48-year-old male involved in a head-on motor vehicle collision sustains a deep laceration to the left chest with possible subclavian artery injury. Sam is called to perform emergency cardiac surgery while Maya is in labor.