Season 6 Episode 15

Old Friends

Air date: Mar 6, 2023

Medical Cases in This Episode

These are the patient stories worth unpacking. Open any case for the real-world medicine, what the episode shows, what it leaves out, and source-backed context.

3 cases identified

Case 1

Roland: Tiger Attack, Chest Reconstruction, and Neurocysticercosis

Roland's tiger-mauling injuries require chest-wall reconstruction, but a later seizure points to a separate brain tapeworm cyst.

Episode shows: The transcript supports Roland arriving after a tiger attack with deep chest wall lacerations, multiple rib fractures, hemopneumothorax, and a chest tube. Imaging shows depressed/dislocated sternum, manubrium, and fragmented rib fractures, leading to donor bon...
Clinical takeaway: This is a distinct combined trauma and infectious-neurology case because the seizure is not simply an extension of the chest trauma.

Accuracy 2.9/5tiger-attack-chest-trauma-hemopneumothorax-cardiac-contusion-and-neurocysticercosisanimal-attackhemopneumothorax

Case 2

Sonja: Previable PPROM and Infection-Risk Termination

Sonja wants to continue a long-awaited pregnancy, but ruptured membranes and infection risk make termination the medically safer option.

Episode shows: The transcript supports Sonja and Anthony naming the baby Esther after years of trying to conceive and two prior miscarriages. Sonja reports fluid leakage, has low amniotic fluid, and a fern test confirms premature rupture of membranes. Morgan recommends termi...
Clinical takeaway: This is a distinct maternal-fetal medicine case involving previable PPROM, maternal infection risk, fetal viability, and ethically complex counseling.

Accuracy 3.2/5previable-pprom-infection-risk-and-pregnancy-termination-decisionpreviable-pprom

Case 3

Joe: Suspected Leiomyosarcoma and Biopsy Recheck

Joe arrives with a terminal leiomyosarcoma diagnosis, but Park questions the pace of progression and insists on biopsy confirmation.

Episode shows: The transcript supports Joe, the man involved in Mia's affair, coming to Park with a diagnosis of inoperable leiomyosarcoma and major vascular involvement. He says he is dying and other doctors have nothing to offer. Park orders CT and PET, compares a six-mont...
Clinical takeaway: This is a separate oncology and professionalism case because the medical decision is whether to verify a terminal cancer diagnosis despite a painful personal history.

Accuracy 3.3/5suspected-leiomyosarcoma-biopsy-and-palliative-oncology-decisionsoft-tissue-sarcoma

About the Episode

Dr. Jared Kalu makes a surprise return to San Jose's St. Bonaventure Hospital with his billionaire patient; Park must treat the man his wife had an affair with and try to find a way to forgive him.

Medical Relevance

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