A Scan Ordered for Something Else Lit Up the Painful Spot
For eight years, a patient in Brisbane, Australia, had severe, precisely localized pain in one thigh. Doctors found no lump or other visible feature to account for it. Examination and the usual soft tissue imaging turned up findings that were equivocal at best. A variety of treatments and multiple medications did nothing, and a run of specialist consultations across several disciplines got no further.
