Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy (PCV) is no joke, it's a disease with abnormal blood vessels in the eye that can mess up your vision. Doctors wanted to know if a new treatment, Faricimab, would work better than what was already out there. They had a patient who had tried other treatments. These treatments didn't work well and the patient was dealing with a lot of...
Years before we are born, tiny changes can happen while we grow in the womb. Some of these changes are small and may not be noticed. They may even cause only minor trouble. Others can lead to major problems with how we eat and how we talk. This also includes how our teeth come in. Sometimes, these changes can get bundled together and form a synd...
Imagine suffering a serious spinal injury in a motorcycle accident, but not realizing it until two whole years later. This is exactly what happened to a person in a unique medical case. Let's dive into their story and find out why the diagnosis came so late. This person had a bad fall from their motorcycle. At first, everything seemed okay, but things would change i...
Imagine this: a tiny infant, just a few months old, is fighting epilepsy. Doctors prescribe a hormone therapy called adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) to help. Shockingly, instead of helping, it triggers a dangerous heart rhythm disorder called ventricular tachycardia. This isn't a story from a medical textbook; it's a real case that happened. The infant, let's cal...
Meet Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), a common virus that can sometimes cause brain inflammation, or encephalitis. In a recent case, EBV managed to trick doctors by mimicking another brain infection caused by the herpes virus. This isn't as uncommon as you might think, but it sure is interesting! When a young patient rushed to the hospital with symptoms like fever, headach...
Reel's syndrome isn't common, but it can cause pacemaker leads to slip out of place. Let's talk about a patient's journey, a 59-year-old woman with Down syndrome. She had a dual-chamber pacemaker inserted due to a faulty heartbeat, causing her to faint quite a bit. Two months later, the pacemaker wasn't working right. It turned out she had Reel's syndrome, which made...
Imagine having liquid in both lungs, but each side has a totally different story to tell. That's exactly what happened to a 53-year-old woman with breast cancer. She had an exudative effusion—thick and protein-rich fluid—in her right lung. The cause? It was tied to her breast cancer. On the left side, the story was different. She had a transudative effusion—thin and ...
In the world of cancer treatment, totally implantable venous access devices, or chemoports, are becoming more common. These devices are used to deliver long-term chemotherapy. However, things can go wrong, as seen in a recent case where a device was accidentally placed in the subclavian artery instead of a vein. This mistake led to a serious complication: multi-focal...