Mercedes Benz scar
This is the coolest thing I learned about today. The Mercedes Benz scar indicates previous liver transplant. In the patient we saw the lower parts of the sacar did not have an angle so it looked more like two scars, a transverse with a midline ie: like the mathematical sign for parallel. I get excited by scars I don't know about as you might have already realised :)) I think it is because I like patterns... and also this one is particularly exciting because of the name- it hasn't been long since I used to read the car brand as the French for Wednesday (Mecredi), so the mention of Mercedes makes me laugh at my dyslexic tendencies :)
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i just has my medicine posting test this morning and my patient's scar totally stumped me. The examiner asked me to describe it and i said 'A mercedes symbol?' So what operation do you think the patient has had? 'ehh....intestinal resection?' WHAM! probably gonna flunk it :(
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