This case involves a 65-year-old female with a complicated past history who was diagnosed with a colon adenocarcinoma. The patient had the adenocarcinoma removed laparoscopically and her post-surgical margins were clean. While in the hospital, the patient experienced an elevated white…
This case involves a 45-year-old female patient who had a biopsy done of a growth on her neck. The specimen was described as basal cell carcinoma but the patient’s mass was not surgically resected at the time of diagnosis. Two…
This case involves a 36-year-old female with an estimated gestational age of 33 weeks who presented with cramping, nausea, and vomiting. Her vitals were normal, the fetal heart rate was normal, and her cervix was closed, so the patient was…
This case involves a 52-year-old woman who was treated annually by a dermatologist for lesions. Her dermatologist assessed the lesions on her neck as actinic, and she was treated with liquid nitrogen. Several months later, the lesion on the patient’s neck…
This case involves a 68-year-old patient who suffered permanent vision loss following an eye cataract surgery with lens implant. Before the surgery in question, the intraocular pressure in her eye was found to be elevated. She was started on medicated…
This case involves an elderly woman with a history of poor circulation who was treated at a wound care clinic for lower extremity lymphedema and several leg wounds. She developed clear signs of infection along those wounds, including foul-smelling bandages…
This case involves a college-aged male patient who had 2 impacted wisdom teeth that required removal. He underwent a prophylactic removal of his right molar, which was impacted but asymptomatic. After the surgery, the patient began experiencing numbness in his…
This case involves an overweight diabetic female patient who presented to the emergency room with aphasia and limited range of mobility. After being admitted, she was unable to move her extremities. The emergency room physician called a stroke code and a head…
This case involves a 54-year-old male patient who presented with persistent abdominal pain, constipation, and blood in his stool. He was admitted and given an MR scan of the pelvis but the diagnostic radiologist read the scans as normal. He…
