Famous Among Top Surgeons in the 90s
Chapter 352 - Chapter 352 【352】Its a rare disease

Chapter 352: [(352)] It’s a rare disease Chapter 352: [(352)] It’s a rare disease What do you mean by that, nurse?

“You’re saying that the other doctors couldn’t figure out what was wrong, but Dr. Xie did?”

“Yes.”

“I haven’t seen the case, have I?” Professor Li panicked as he grabbed the medical report from Associate Director Liu’s hand to quickly confirm he hadn’t seen this patient before.

The other doctors were equally anxious, craning their necks to ask, “Which department’s nurse are you? Have we seen you before?”

“She probably hasn’t consulted with our department’s doctors before,” the nurse said.

“Then that’s settled,” a group of doctors sighed in relief.

Missing a diagnosis when treating a colleague could be disastrous; it would ruin one’s reputation among hospital staff.

“You could have consulted Professor Li, why didn’t you?” Associate Director Liu asked the nurse, feeling that something was off about the situation. Why would they opt for an intern instead of the experienced professor?

“We had consulted other doctors before, and they couldn’t find anything serious. After that, there was a psychological barrier. Just then, someone in the ward mentioned that Dr. Xie’s diagnoses were very accurate. Once, when a patient’s family member came to visit, Dr. Xie immediately noticed they might have a uterine myoma and suggested a check-up, which turned out to be correct. So we turned to Dr. Xie,” the nurse explained.

After hearing what the nurse had to say, all the doctors present became curious about what kind of strange case it was that had led to so many misdiagnoses.

“Abdominal pain?”

“For how many years?”

“Three years?”

“Shouldn’t a three-year-long abdominal pain have led to trouble a long time ago?”

“What kind of pain?”

“She says it’s a vague pain, sometimes related to her menstrual cycle, so she went to see a gynecologist.”

“Ultrasounds, gastroscopy, colonoscopy, all came back fine.”

“If the pain is only occasional, there’s no need for a full abdominal CT.”

“What did the CT show now?”

“It’s hard to say,” Professor Li, looking over the report, murmured these few words, sending a wave of alarm through the doctors.

Misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis sometimes couldn’t be completely avoided, but missing a major illness was critical.

Associate Director Liu, who had glanced at the report, whispered into Shen Jinghui’s ear the report, “Unclear if it’s cancer, the lesion is small, but there are signs of calcification inside, which is not ideal.”

“How big?”

“About one centimeter.”

“Where’s the lesion?”

The size of a lesion indicated the degree of malignancy and the location was crucial, as some areas are more tolerant of lesion size, while others are not; even a slight enlargement can be a significant concern.

“Seems to be in the urachus.”

Diseases in the urachal area are rare. No wonder there were misdiagnoses and missed diagnoses. The faces of all the doctors present went pale, their hearts probably pounding fiercely.

“Any bloody urine?” Shen Jinghui quickly asked about the patient’s condition, turning around to do so.

“No,” the nurse shook her head on behalf of her ailing colleague.

“With such a small size, it’s ninety-nine percent sure there wouldn’t be any obvious symptoms,” Professor Li said, holding his reading glasses and studying the report.

“Only abdominal pain? Any bleeding or pus from the belly button?” the other doctors continued to ask in detail.

“None. She’s been feeling a constant discomfort in her stomach, a vague pain,” the nurse replied on behalf of her ill colleague, “It started three years ago, after she had her baby. Initially, she thought it was related to the pregnancy and went to the gynecologist several times but nothing was found. She had a natural birth, not a cesarean, so there were no post-uterine surgical issues. Anyway, the gynecologists also found her case strange; they wondered if it could be psychological.”

“These cases are rare, but she must be in her thirties now, right?” Professor Li asked.

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