Abstract:

While reviewing the charts of a patient that was coming in, I noticed her son was diagnosed with Stickler Syndrome. Looking deeper into her family history, her daughter was blind, and the patient herself was suffering from schizophrenia. At the time I was doing my core rotations in Baltimore as a medical student and had not known what stickler syndrome was nor had I ever heard of it.  

I had the opportunity to speak with her when she came in, asking questions as I normally would with any patient while obtaining the patient history. The woman was in good physical shape, appearing generally well. She told me stories about how her washing machine is recording her, and the radio is sending her messages. She followed each of these statements with ‘I know it sounds crazy’. Also, an interesting side note, the patient was also hypervigilant when it came to her mammograms-her chart showing that she would get 1 every 6 months for the past 10 years. Nonetheless, her previous diagnosis was confirmed. . .