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Woman had her twin brother's XY chromosomes — but only in her blood
Doctors discovered a woman had "blood chimerism" after examining the chromosomes of cells from different parts of her body.
A woman's homemade juice led to life-threatening 'toxic squash syndrome'
In the first reported case of its kind in Canada, a woman fell violently ill after consuming the juice of a bitter gourd.
Milk leaking from woman's armpits revealed 'ectopic breasts'
After giving birth, a woman noticed that she produced milk from both her mammary glands and her armpits.
A baby suddenly started to smell of rotting fish
A boy would stink of fish after eating certain dishes, and doctors found that the noxious odor likely stemmed from a rare genetic quirk.
A toddler accidently ate gonorrhea bacteria from a lab dish
In a bizarre medical case published in 1984, a young boy was inadvertently exposed to an STI-causing bacteria in a lab dish.
A woman's nausea was triggered by a huge mass in her stomach — which doctors dissolved with diet soda
A woman's abdominal discomfort turned out to be caused by a build up of food in her stomach. And the treatment involved diet soda.
Diagnostic dilemma: A brain lesion gave a woman a lifetime of joyless laughing fits
A woman had experienced sudden bursts of uncontrolled laughter her whole life. A brain scan revealed why.
A woman got unusual bruising from a massage gun. It turned out she had scurvy.
A woman bruising her leg with a massage gun set off a medical odyssey that revealed scurvy, a disease seen fairly rarely in modern America.
