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Doctors restore a man's vision by removing his tooth and implanting it in his eyeA man underwent one of the first "tooth-in-eye" surgeries ever conducted in Canada. Only a few hundred people have had the surgery, worldwide.
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A knife broke off in a man's chest, and he didn't notice it for 8 yearsDiagnostic dilemma A man noticed pus oozing from his chest, and it ended up revealing a knife blade in his thoracic cavity.
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A woman kept tasting bleach — and doctors found a hidden cause in her bloodA woman was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that also led to striking behavioral changes — namely, her craving the taste of powdered bleach.
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Woman's severe knee pain reveals 'golden threads' in her jointsA woman went to the hospital for severe joint pain in her knees, and an X-ray showed hundreds of strands of gold thread.
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Rare condition made a woman see people as dragonsA woman sought treatment for hallucinations she'd been experiencing since childhood, in which people's faces would morph into having dragon-like features.
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A man's preference for 'soft' bacon may have given him brain wormsA man in the U.S. reported worsening migraine symptoms. It turned out that a pork tapeworm had invaded his brain.
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Girl's dental trouble caused a life-threatening eye infectionA girl went to her dentist complaining of a toothache and swelling around her eye. It turned out the two problems were connected.
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A woman had something in her eye — and it turned out to be parasitic wormsA woman went to the hospital several times with the feeling that something was stuck in her eye. It turned out to be parasites.
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Hunter's rare allergy meant he could no longer eat red meatA man who hunted deer developed a very rare allergy that progressively worsened each time he ate red meat.
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