Medical Case ⁽¹⁶³⁾

Professor Zhang Xuewen once treated a six-month-old infant with congenital hydrocephalus present since birth. The patient, a child surnamed Yan, first consulted Professor Zhang on January 23, 1975. After birth the head had been large, the complexion pale, the fontanelle bulging; the head was clearly…

Patient Zhang, female, 65 years old. In 2021 the patient herself noticed a black line on the nail of her right great toe, along with elevation of the nail surface; she filed it down with a file, and the result was uncontrollable bleeding. On August…

Patient Chen, male, 81 years old, a native of Gutian, Fujian. On December 26, 2022, the patient caught COVID, with fever of 38.5°C, clouded consciousness, and inability to recognize family members; he was admitted to Gutian County Hospital, Fujian. CT at Gutian County Hospital showed:…

Case OnePatient Xia, a native of Weihai, Shandong, now 87. She was diagnosed 20 years ago with arteriosclerosis and heart disease; in 2014 she had coronary bypass surgery with two stents implanted, and she felt the bypass surgery did not improve her clinical symptoms. In…

Patient Zhao, 80 years old, from Peishe Village, Wenxi County, Shanxi. The patient's mother died of cor pulmonale. The patient has no bad habits; his personality had become irritable over the past year due to a cerebral infarction. He had rectal cancer surgery 10 years…

Patient Xie, female, born September 1949, a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu. Due to her work she had long been exposed to toxic and hazardous chemicals. In July 2018 she was examined at the Hematology Department of Wuxi Second People's Hospital (admission no. 180055750) and diagnosed…

The patient, Ms. Yang, 65, lives in Shanghai.Past history: in January 2012 part of her left kidney was removed for cancer; in 2015 she fainted and fractured a leg bone, treated surgically; in July 2018 a meningioma was diagnosed and surgically removed, leaving one-sided hearing…

At 18:38 on the evening of December 27, 2022, the elder brother of a nasopharyngeal-cancer patient among my WeChat contacts left a message on my Moments. He told me: his sister, after COVID infection, had no fever; a few days earlier she had a sore…

The patient is my second aunt. In this wave she developed severe vertigo: whether sitting, lying or walking, she felt the world spinning, with nausea, headache and no appetite. She was hospitalized for several days at the local People Hospital without relief, and its doctors…

The patient, a Buddhist monk surnamed Shi, was 40 years old. On December 19, 2022, his disciple contacted me on his behalf to report his condition. He had a history of multiple prior gastric hemorrhages and of diabetes. He had been hospitalized for examination and…