Diagnostic dilemma — Unusual case reports from the medical literature

In an unusual case, a surgeon developed a cancerous lump on his hand that stemmed from an injury he sustained while performing surgery.

A patient went to the doctor for cataract surgery, but her physicians were surprised to find a huge, foreign mass under her eyelid.

A man in his 60s went to the emergency room after a fall and ended up being diagnosed with a rare disorder of the penis.

The patient was diagnosed with takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as "broken heart syndrome," which had an unusual cause.

A bacterial infection that rarely occurs in the United States hit a woman in Maryland after she cleaned her home aquarium.

A man experienced cardiac arrest after eating a different flavor of candy than he had historically.

A man's attempt at self-medicating with shrooms resulted in a trip to the intensive care unit.

A man's brain started bleeding just after he got teeth pulled at the dentist's office. Why?