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Diagnostic dilemma: A fish bone wandered through a man's abdomen and stabbed his liverA man went to the hospital several times with gut pain and a fever — and it turned out that his relatively common symptoms had an unusual cause.
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Diagnostic dilemma: After surgery, a 17-year-old could speak only a foreign languageWhile waking up from knee surgery, a 17-year-old boy temporarily lost his ability to speak in his native language.
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Diagnostic dilemma: Growing weed with bat poop left 2 men with deadly infectionsUsing bat poop to fertilize plants like cannabis can sometimes have deadly consequences. A report highlights two fatal cases that affected men in New York.
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Diagnostic dilemma: Speed eating a 7-pound burger sent a man to ER unable to pass gasA case report highlights one potential danger of competitive speed eating.
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Diagnostic dilemma: Teen's improbable pregnancy occurred after oral sexA teen girl with abdominal pain learned she was pregnant and had conceived under extremely unusual circumstances.
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Diagnostic dilemma: One Direction concert left teen with 'crackling' bubbles in her chestIn what doctors called an "extraordinary" case, a teenage girl developed several rare conditions after attending a pop concert.
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Diagnostic dilemma: A man ended up in the ER after drinking 6 gallons of milk in 2 daysA man experiencing excessive thirst drank lots of milk, with dangerous consequences.
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Diagnostic dilemma: A woman injected herself with venom from a black widow spiderMost exposures to black widow spider venom are accidental, but in a rare medical case, the exposure was intentional.
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Diagnostic dilemma: A man huffed computer cleaner for years. Then his hands started growing.A man was diagnosed with skeletal fluorosis, which likely emerged due to him inhaling substances that damaged his bones.
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