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A rare condition caused a man to get 'scales' on his hands whenever he washed themA man's rare condition caused "excessive wrinkling" in his hands which spread to his wrists and elbows.
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Tooth-in-eye surgery, 'blood chimerism,' and a pregnancy from oral sex: 12 wild medical cases we covered in 2025Here are a dozen strange and interesting tales from the medical literature.
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Diagnostic dilemma quiz: Can you guess the diagnosis in these strange medical cases?Based on our "Diagnostic Dilemma" series, this quiz tests your medical know-how.
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A man's bladder looked like a Christmas treeIn an unusual case, a man's bladder swelled dramatically at its base, taking the shape of a Christmas tree.
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An otherwise 'fit' man had a stroke after drinking 8 'high-potency' energy drinks a dayA man with few risk factors unexpectedly experienced a stroke, and his daily energy drink habit may have been to blame.
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Man caught rabies from organ transplant after donor was scratched by skunkA Michigan man died of rabies despite having no recent exposure to a potentially infected animal.
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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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