Gallery: The Social Network Where Doctors Swap Gross Pics of Patients
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Taken less than two weeks apart, these images show metastatic melanoma involving brain tissue and veinous lesions.
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After soaking this patient’s arm in warm water to treat an abscess, this unusual discoloration appeared. Doctors diagnosed it as erythema ab igne, also known as toasted skin syndrome. It's caused by prolonged exposure to heat or radiation.
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After getting a sleeve gastrectomy, this 21 year-old patient's hand began to coil and cramp. Her hand was spasming due to lack of calcium.
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These are pseudomonas. They smell like grapes, look like mold, and can be a serious danger to patients with weak immune systems.
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This lump turned out to be Ewing's sarcoma, a malignant growth that usually occurs on skeletal tissue.
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A brain tumor caused this massive blob of cerebrospinal fluid to collect in a patient's brain.
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This SCUBA diver surfaced with memory loss, and developed the red marks on his neck shortly after. They were probably created when his veins were blocked by gas bubbles in his blood stream.
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This nasty rash covered 90 percent of the patient's body, and came back even after steroids. Doctors still aren't sure exactly what it is.
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This patient came in with blurred vision and no prior history of eye disease. A fundoscopy found numerous crystalline deposits along his eye veins, probably caused by the patient overusing an inhaled anesthetic.
