Also known as: Blood and air in chest cavity
Billionaire Roland Barnes is attacked by a tiger at his exotic animal rescue, resulting in deep chest wall lacerations, multiple rib fractures, and hemopneumothorax requiring emergency chest tube placement and complex sternal reconstruction surgery.
Also known as: Bruised heart
Roland develops heart failure during surgery due to a cardiac contusion from the tiger attack that was too small to detect on initial CT scan, requiring emergency balloon pump placement.
Also known as: Parasites in the brain
Roland experiences a seizure and behavioral changes caused by a tapeworm larva and cyst in his brain, contracted from previous exposure to tiger feces during a safari two months earlier. Treated with stereotactic navigation and hydrodissection surgery.
Also known as: Water breaking early
Pregnant patient Sonja experiences premature rupture of membranes at 23 weeks gestation with low amniotic fluid, creating a crisis about whether to terminate or attempt expectant management despite serious maternal risks.
Also known as: Uterine infection
Sonja develops a serious uterine infection (chorioamnionitis) following PPROM, causing fever, tachycardia, and progressing to respiratory failure requiring intubation. She ultimately chooses termination after initially insisting on continuing the pregnancy despite life-threatening risks.
Also known as: GIST
Joe, Park's ex-wife's former partner, presents with what was initially misdiagnosed as inoperable leiomyosarcoma but is revealed to be a treatable stromal tumor with a liver lesion, both surgically removable with excellent prognosis.
Also known as: Broken rib
Roland sustains multiple fragmented rib fractures and sternal injuries from the tiger attack requiring complex reconstruction with donor bones and titanium plates.