Run time: 17:49
Parts: 8
Year recorded: 2020
Recorded during livestream? No
Key medical issues:
Lung cancer, biopsy, chest tube, surgery, VATS procedure, Crohn’s disease, peritonitis, bowel rupture, obesity, sleep apnea, arrhythmia, adhesions.
History Preview:
The patient was a middle-aged Caucasian man with a history of Crohn’s disease, obesity, sleep apnea, hypertension and medication-controlled atrial fibrillation who had an incidental right lower lobe lung mass identified on abdominal CT. Multiple biopsies were negative for malignancy, with the case number biopsy aborted due to technical difficulties. A presumptive diagnosis of cancer….
Recommendation: This is a multifaceted, upper level case with multiple surgeries, complications, and pre-operative medical conditions. There was also a surgical misdiagnosis. The case allows for a view of Crohn’s disease and sorting through of multiple medical and surgical conditions that wove together to cause the death. The case is good for discussion of medical pride vs. caution; surgical risks and assessments.