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Ultra Marathon Runner Shares Her Gruesome Sunburn Experience from a 69-Mile Run, Resulting in Massive Subdermal Blisters!
atient lives on an artificial heart also known as “ventricular assist device” (VAD) — a mechanical device that is implanted into the body to replace the function of a failing natural heart
Ecthyma gangrenosum. Another reason to make sure you check you sugars!
[1901] Stanford medical center
A patient with an open belly with a wound vac and Wittmann patches
Acute Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. A previously healthy 26-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 5-day history of an asymptomatic rash, sore throat, fevers, chills, and malaise...
4-year-old boy who presented approximately 1 hour after being attacked by a dog!
Bobblehead-Doll Syndrome. A 5-year-old girl presented to the pediatric neurosurgery clinic with a 2-year history of excessive head nodding. On examination, she was alert, with normal cognitive function. She displayed continuous, rhythmic...
This is a really unfortunate case of a syndrome called Prune Belly syndrome. Prune belly syndrome is a rare, genetic birth defect affecting about 1 in 40,000 births. About 97% of those affected are male. Prune belly syndrome is a congenital disorder of the urinary system...
Rectal foreign body needing surgical intervention!
Cerebral hemorrhage. Gross specimen of a brain, frontal section, showing a cerebral hemorrhage (cerebrovascular accident) of the left hemisphere in a patient with hypertension! There is a large hematoma with mass effect...
Maple syrup urine disease. Branched-Chain Amino Acid Discard Disease (MSUD) is an intricate metabolic disorder of genetic origin in which there are mutations in the genes coding for BCKD enzymes, which are critical for the degradation of branched-chain amino acids and whose malfunctioning...
Pott's Disease of the Thoracic Spine. A 20-year-old man who was originally from Bangladesh presented to our clinic with a 6-month history of anorexia and weight loss...
Ectopia Lentis in Marfan's Syndrome. A 27-year-old woman with a diagnosis of Marfan's syndrome presented with worsening vision and glare in each eye for 1 month. On examination, visual acuity was 20/30 in each eye...
Degloving injury after hand got caught at a factory machine!! Came off like a glove
Blue toe syndrome refers to acute onset of digital ischemia which presents as painful, purplish-blue toes in the absence of any trauma, disease or injury. It is basically a form of occlusive vasculopathy...
Subluxation of eyes in a child with Crouzon Syndrome. 3-year-old boy, diagnosed case of Crouzon syndrome, presented with sudden protrusion of both eyes out of the orbit during a bout of cough. On examination, vitals were stable...
The ocular findings were consistent with Bitot’s spots, which are accumulations of keratin, often intermixed with an overgrowth of Corynebacterium xerosis, that result from epithelial metaplasia caused by vitamin A deficiency...
Diverticulitis is common and increasing in frequency. Most cases are uncomplicated and are typically treated with antibiotics. Sigmoid resection is performed in cases of severe disease and is considered on an individual basis in patients with recurrences...
Renal cell carcinoma
Orbital Varix. A 63-year-old man was referred to our clinic with a 13-year history of intermittent vision loss, binocular diplopia, and blepharoptosis of the left eye during bending or straining that had worsened over the previous year...
A 26 year old girl, Sarageurts thriving with Ehler's danlos syndrome. Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a group of genetically acquired disorders characterised by abnormal connective tissue leading to abnormal collagen synthesis...
