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A woman got a rare parasitic lung infection after eating raw frogsIn an unusual case, a woman developed a parasitic infection in her lungs, when more typically, the parasite stays just under the skin.
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A man's muscles looked strangely deformed. Doctors found they were leaking calcium into his blood.A man showed up to the hospital with vomiting, weakness, failing kidneys and sky-high calcium. The culprit was a muscle-enhancing oil he injected into his chest and arms years ago.
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Woman had her twin brother's XY chromosomes — but only in her bloodDoctors discovered a woman had "blood chimerism" after examining the chromosomes of cells from different parts of her body.
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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.
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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.
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A baby suddenly started to smell of rotting fishA boy would stink of fish after eating certain dishes, and doctors found that the noxious odor likely stemmed from a rare genetic quirk.
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A toddler accidently ate gonorrhea bacteria from a lab dishIn a bizarre medical case published in 1984, a young boy was inadvertently exposed to an STI-causing bacteria in a lab dish.
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A woman's nausea was triggered by a huge mass in her stomach — which doctors dissolved with diet sodaA woman's abdominal discomfort turned out to be caused by a build up of food in her stomach. And the treatment involved diet soda.
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Diagnostic dilemma: A brain lesion gave a woman a lifetime of joyless laughing fitsA woman had experienced sudden bursts of uncontrolled laughter her whole life. A brain scan revealed why.
