A routine surgery leads to a puzzling reaction. Is more surgery required, or is it something else? Head to Figure1.com/ddx, where you can find full show notes, photos, and speaker bios.

When an Infection Isn't an Infection

A common skin condition affects much more than a patient’s skin, and misinformation only exacerbates the stigma. This episode is brought to you by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.  Head to Figure1.com/ddx, where you can find full show notes, photos, and speaker bios.

Psoriasis and Mental Health (Sponsored)

A dermatologist is paged to examine a rare condition. But something doesn’t add up. Head to Figure1.com/ddx, where you can find full show notes, photos, and speaker bios.

Pattern Recognition Can Save a Life

While skin findings can sometimes help with a diagnosis, they can also distract from other undiagnosed symptoms. This episode is brought to you by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. Head to Figure1.com/ddx, where you can find full show notes, photos, and speaker bios.

More Than Skin Deep (Sponsored)

What do you do when faced with a set of symptoms that has two contradictory courses of treatment? Head to Figure1.com/ddx, where you can find full show notes, photos, and speaker bios.

Rash Decision

Unconscious bias can run so deep that patients and doctors alike can miss a potentially fatal diagnosis. Head to Figure1.com/ddx, where you can find full show notes, photos, and speaker bios.

Why Skin Color Matters

A patient presents with fever, swollen digits, and skin "the color of a red delicious apple." She’s been scratching so hard that she’s bleeding through her shirt. What’s going on? This episode is brought to you by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.  Head to Figure1.com/ddx, where you can find full show notes, photos, and speaker bios.

Scratching the Surface (Sponsored)

As DDx gets ready to launch season two, we're re-releasing our first season. A young man’s near-death experience results in a very puzzling diagnosis on the season finale of DDx. For related photos, medical cases and links to pertinent research, visit Figure1.com/ddx.

Sudoku seizures

 As DDx gets ready to launch season two, we're re-releasing our first season. A patient with an acute subdural hematoma presents with no sign of head trauma. The search for an answer almost overlooks an obvious question. For related photos, medical cases and links to pertinent research, visit Figure1.com/ddx. 

The Source of the Bleed

As DDx gets ready to launch season two, we're re-releasing our first season. A patient says she feels fine. A quick-thinking doctor arrives at a dire and uncommon diagnosis. Then it happens again. And again. For related photos, medical cases and links to pertinent research, visit Figure1.com/ddx.

The near-miss

As DDx gets ready to launch season two, we're re-releasing our first season. Chronic vomiting, a flushed complexion, and acute agitation: can cannabis be the cause? A growing consensus among doctors suggests cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome is real and on the rise. For related photos, medical cases and links to pertinent research, visit Figure1.com/ddx.

Extreme reactions to marijuana

As DDx gets ready to launch season two, we're re-releasing our first season. A young woman is almost misdiagnosed — perhaps fatally — when she presents at an E.R. with nausea, vomiting, and myalgia. For related photos, medical cases and links to pertinent research, visit Figure1.com/ddx.

Young, fit and female? Higher chance of misdiagnosis

As DDx gets ready to launch season two, we're re-releasing our first season. A 19-year-old with sickle cell disease is well-known to ER doctors as a "frequent flyer". Every time they see her it's due to chronic pain related to her disease. Except for the one time it isn't.  For related photos, medical cases and links to research on cognitive bias, visit Figure1.com/DDx.

Anchoring bias and the frequent flyer

A young man's near-death experience results in a very puzzling diagnosis on the season finale of DDx.

Sudoku seizures.

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