Or that one lady who was slightly anemic but quite pale, so she read up on the possible causes of anemia, visited the outpatient clinic and demanded to be treated with rituximab and cyclophosphamid for her "B cell lymphoma".
Honestly, the worst stories I have are from doctors who were diagnosing beyond their specialization. People with a fugue state that actually turned out to be a concussion, or not actually anemic, just Scottish.
Diarrhoea? Has to be a toxic megacolon.
Or that one lady who was slightly anemic but quite pale, so she read up on the possible causes of anemia, visited the outpatient clinic and demanded to be treated with rituximab and cyclophosphamid for her "B cell lymphoma".
Signed, Facebook MD.
Honestly, the worst stories I have are from doctors who were diagnosing beyond their specialization. People with a fugue state that actually turned out to be a concussion, or not actually anemic, just Scottish.
bwahaha brilliant