Also known as: DVT
Professional baseball player presents with leg swelling initially thought to be a knee injury. Diagnosed with DVT in the leg, which then throws a clot to his lungs causing a pulmonary embolism. Underlying cause identified as May-Thurner Syndrome, requiring anticoagulation and ending his baseball season.
Also known as: Blood clot in lung
Complication of Bobby Singer's DVT where the clot travels to his lungs, causing acute shortness of breath and pleuritic chest pain. CT shows segmental filling defect requiring oxygen and continued anticoagulation.
Also known as: Iliac vein compression syndrome
Underlying cause of Bobby Singer's clotting identified as compression in the left iliac vein causing clotting in the iliofemoral vein. Requires angioplasty with stent placement and six months of anticoagulation, ending his baseball season and potentially his career.
Also known as: Small cell lung cancer
Retired postal worker diagnosed with stage IV small-cell lung cancer with obvious metastases to the liver. Central conflict involves patient's desire to decline aggressive treatment and go home versus Dr. Hunter's insistence on chemo and radiation despite poor prognosis of approximately six months survival.
Also known as: Collapsed lung
Iatrogenic complication when Dr. Jude perforates Darryl's lung during bronchoscopy biopsy, requiring chest tube placement and drainage system. The complication delays patient's desired discharge home and forces him into the treatment protocol he was trying to avoid.
Also known as: Kidney failure
Referenced in the 'Previously On' segment as a complication that would have killed the patient if she proceeded with bone marrow transplant, part of the ongoing storyline about Dr. Lane Hunter's aggressive treatment protocols.