On last Thursday’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy (titled “Poker Face”), new mom Mary has a brain tumor called “butterfly tumor” (or Astrocytoma) and only 6 months left to live. Meredith thinks differently and tries to change the course of …[More]
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On last night’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy, a cystic fibrosis (CF) patient named Ricky is about to undergo lung transplantation when it is found that he is in a relationship with another CF patient. They are forbidden to continue dating …[More]
Tags: Grey's Anatomy, Pulmonology
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On Thursday’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy, a girl with no cheek bones needed a surgery so that she could start playing sports without the fear of getting her face harmed. The girl had a syndrome called Treacher-Collins syndrome, explained below….[More]
Tags: Adults, Children, Danger-Medium, Grey's Anatomy
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Superior Canal Dehiscence Syndrome – Hearing Sounds Inside Your Own Body (As Seen on Grey’s Anatomy)
On Thursday’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy (titled “Shiny Happy People”), a teenage patient called Hayley is thought to have schizophrenia after trying to claw her own eyes out. Not unlike a House episode we recently covered, the diagnosis turns …[More]
Tags: Adults, Danger-Medium, Grey's Anatomy, Otolaryngology
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On yesterday’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy, a young patient who needed a lung transplant was also a lousy candidate for one, since he had too many risks. Instead of foregoing the whole thing, an ex-vivo lung transplant was performed on …[More]
Tags: Grey's Anatomy, Pulmonology
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On the last episode of Grey’s Anatomy (which, we know, was two weeks ago – sorry for the delay) Dr Bailey recalls a case in her intern year that helped her become the doctor she is today.
The patient presented …[More]
Tags: Adults, Danger-Medium, Grey's Anatomy, Internal-Medicine
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On Thursday’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy, a patient woke up during her own surgery. She was able to smell her own flesh burning during the procedure (heat is used during surgery to burn down bleeding blood vessels), able to see …[More]
Tags: Danger-High, Grey's Anatomy, Surgery
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On last night’s episode, Izzie Stevens brings her former biology teacher to Seattle Grace (+Mercy West) hospital as he has been having memory problems. Turns out her teacher has a condition called NPH, which we will cover today.
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Tags: Adults, Danger-High, Grey's Anatomy, Neurology
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Yesterday Grey’s Anatomy came back for another season, and so does this column, where we teach you about a disease featured on each episode. This time – tethered spinal cord syndrome.
Danger level: High
Health forums category: Children’s Diseases
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Tags: Children, Danger-High, Grey's Anatomy, Neurology
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Anyone who watched last night’s season finale of Grey’s Anatomy has two different questions on their mind right now (and to not spoil it for anyone who didn’t, neither of them involves either IL-2 or anterograde amnesia). But …[More]
Tags: Adults, Danger-Medium, Grey's Anatomy, Neurology, Oncology
