wow, i did learn "something"!

so i was watching a recorded episode of ER, and they had this woman who was having DOE (dyspnea on exertion) and SOB (shortness of breath). they did some chest xrays and urine test, and found out she was pregnant. BUT, it turns out she's a transvestite and really a man, and the screen cut off there with the MD saying, "well then that could only mean one thing..."

so my brain of course got curious, and i remember one lecture last semester about how a positive pregnancy test in a man was linked to....testicular cancer? and that can metastisize to the lungs as they were embryologically developed in the abdomen (and descend after birth). so i started making these random connections, wondering if i was even headed in the right direction....and turns out, the pt did have testicular cancer!!!

oh boy, it's like the first "patient" that i've had, and i dx it right!! well, nm that it's just an ER episode, but at least i know that i did learn "something" after all.... =)