The Brain Tumor That Lasted 27 Days

Patient MJ by Julie Antti. Review Dr Katherine Johns
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These cases are patients who I, or my colleagues have seen. They are de-identified and many instances have been presented in more depth in an academic setting. These videos are not individual medical advice and are for general educational purposes only. I do not give medical advice over the internet.

Timestamps:
0:00 Presenting to the emergency room
2:28 A new symptom appears
5:12 MJ re-reviews her case
8:06 One week later
9:03 They found it, but at what cost?
14:24 This is not a perfect system (no system is)
20:05 There was one final thing

References:

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CDC Sinus Infection: https://www.cdc.gov/sinus-infection/about/index.html

Headaches and neuroimaging: High utilization and costs despite guidelines. JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174:819–821.

Clinical practice: acute bacterial sinusitis. N Engl J Med. 2004;351:902–910.

Surgical resection versus watchful waiting in low-grade gliomas. Ann Oncol. 2017; 28:1942–1948.