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Season 8, Episode 12

2 medical diagnoses portrayed

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Also known as: Giant cell arteritis

Vision lossBlindness

Paige presents with blurred vision and stiff jaw. Denise pushes for a temporal artery biopsy against Elliot's initial resistance, warning that untreated temporal arteritis could cause blindness. The biopsy is ultimately performed but comes back negative, leaving Paige with a facial scar and creating conflict about intern accountability and diagnostic decision-making.

Scrubs — S08E12Patient: Paige

Also known as: Congenital absence of vagina

Elliot jokingly claims Paige has this syndrome (being born without a vagina) to torture Denise for acting awkward around the patient, though this is revealed to be a false statement used to make a point about reading patient histories.

Scrubs — S08E12Patient: Paige