$DDx - A fractured childhood$

A fractured childhood

09/01/21 • 12 min

When a baby girl is born with two broken femurs, doctors don’t notice the bluish-grey discoloration of her sclera, her bowed and shortened legs, or her larger-than-normal head. And it will be months before they piece together the puzzle

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Hunting for a diagnosis

After a patient in his early 30s develops muscle weakness so severe he requires a wheelchair, he’s diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and starts treatment for the disease. But when a bone scan reveals multiple fractures, his physicians start to question their original diagnosis.

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Few patients. A scarcity of literature. Working in rare disease can feel like you’re standing at the edge of an abyss with just a flashlight in your hand. And someone’s life depends on you--Meet the doctors who spend their time searching for zebras, and find out what motivates them.

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