What started as a routine classroom exercise turned into something far more personal for a medical student at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine.
Hannah Schultz was in her second year at UNR Med when she volunteered as a practice patient during an ultrasound lab. Students, under faculty supervision, were learning imaging techniques by scanning one another. Schultz agreed to have her kidneys scanned.
Her right kidney appeared normal. When the probe moved to the left side, the image showed a large area of fluid buildup…