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From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Re: Medical Puzzle #4
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Date: Tue, 14-Jan-86 21:15:41 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 14 21:15:41 1986
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>> 	A patient comes into the Emergency Room extremely jaundiced -- that's
>> very yellow due to Liver failure. There are also other signs of liver failure
>> ...
>> 	Since people's skin color varies, to determine the extent of jaundice,
>> you examine the whites of the patients eyes.  One eye is almost orange.  The
>> other is totally normal-looking, showing no signs of jaundice.  In addition,
>> the non-jaundiced eye is not responsive to light.
>
> Although this may not be the intended answer, I'll post it. Some doctors have 
> got burned by this. THE NON-JAUNDICED, NO-LIGHT-RESPONSE EYE IS A PROSTHESIS!
> Some of them are very realistic looking.  Obviously, a plastic shell won't
> become jaundiced.

	I have also heard of physicians mistaking an ocular prosthesis for a
real eye.  Which never ceases to amaze me because I would think that upon
seeing no ocular reflexes, a physician would immediately look at the fundus
using an ophthalmoscope.  I don't believe that ocular prostheses have become
THAT realistic that they have a fundus!  
	However, in all fairness to physicians, such an analytical approach 
might be overlooked due to time pressures and the hectic nature of an
emergency room.

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