𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 is out here making medical history — and 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲’𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱.
A 𝟮𝟰-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 recently underwent a 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗹𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗺𝘆 at WVMC for a condition called a 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗻 — and before you ask, yes, that’s exactly what it sounds like.
Here’s the thing: a 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗻𝘂𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵 with a 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝟭𝟬𝟬𝗰𝗰. This patient’s spleen? It had migrated all the way down to the 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗰 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻, had a 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝟭 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿 (yes, one whole liter), and came with 𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀 to boot. To put it in perspective, only about 𝟬.𝟬𝟮% 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — making this one of the 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧:
𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗻𝘀
Dr. Ryan Ed Comuelo, Dr. Juliene Latriz-Certeza, Dr. Edrik Luke Pialago, Dr. Ray Patrick Salarda, and Dr. Dorothy Joi Pimentel
𝗔𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁 – 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝘂𝘁𝘆
Dr. Mary Angelie Cabañez
𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁:
Dr. Ruden Panela and Dr. Jennifer Rose Cambas-Trabado
𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁:
Dr. Douglas Budok
Dr. Adrian Valdez III
Dr. Japheth Jude Golocino
𝗡𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲
Mark Emmanuelle Parce
𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘞𝘝𝘔𝘊 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 — 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵. 👏