[N.B. Again people I did not steal this CT from work, tsktsk...what do you think of me?]Another week, another round of.... you guessed it... ROUNDS (with sushi I might add)
Today was an interesting case - sore throat leading to (not very sure because I was too fascinated & confused by the CT images) a retropharyngeal abscess that somehow got infected and went into the mediastinum. It was complicated..so in basic terms the infection spread from his throat (they believe) down the prevertebral space into the chest and lungs. [Sorry I know there's tons of medical terms but I'm finding it hard to 'translate' them into everyday language]. Anyhow, what was cool about this was that - remember Truffles? - we had this discussion during the ENT block?? Danger zones, prevertebral space, hyoid bone, etc,etc. From Dr. Thyroid aka McSteamy??
Dr. WalkingEncyclopedia then started discussing how this could Lemierre's Syndrome - which to me soundly oddly familiar, because I thought Dr. Bacteria may have talked about this Truffles? - which he said was common in the 1920s. However, none of the (much younger) docs had ever heard of it so Dr. Charming looked it up on... shock upon shock...WIKIPEDIA! Wow. How much satisfaction do I find in this fact? Let's just say I was pretty chuffed.
So basically what I'm saying is that Thursday rounds never disappoint (and no, it has nothing to do with the fact that I can ogle at Dr. C for an hour - please I'm not that shallow). For example, next week, apparently we're having Mexican (okay so I'm not shallow, but I do enjoy free food).
In other news, I am now officially at the other hospital. This makes me sad. I feel very discombobulated with the new environment/people. I can't find my pen! I don't know where the bathroom is! Or how to work the photocopy machine! And worse yet, where the microwave (if there even is one) is! Oh no! It's like the first day of school all over again, except you're like the new foreign exchange student, who doesn't speak the language, and has no friends. Sigh... how lonely... Oh don't cry for me Argentina, hopefully I will pull through
...maybe?
wow, it's like that case was based on our ENT block! i do believe you're right... dr bacteria was the one who mentioned lemierre's syndrome. i remember because i can hear him saying fusobacterium necrophorum in my head =P
ReplyDeletei know what you mean about fitting in.. i'm still trying to get used to my new place and it's been 4 weeks! (i still haven't found the microwave... at this point i think i'm just going to give up)
But isn't it worse when you know said microwave exists at the other hospital, sitting there so lonely... wanting you to heat your food up with it but you CAN'T?!?!
ReplyDeleteBoo to sandwiches on Monday =(