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Fire Spontaneously Erupts on Girl’s Face During Routine Cyst-Removal Surgery

by James Plafke | 2:41 pm, December 2nd, 2011

Today in horribly frightening news that could happen to you but you can’t do anything about, Kim Grice, 29, went in for routine cyst-removal surgery, and her face spontaneously caught on fire while under the knife. Doctors said they’ve never seen anything like it before, and still aren’t sure what caused the fire. Grace was rushed to the South Alabama Burn Unit via helicopter, where they treated her second-degree burns.

Grice’s family members said she was supposed to have a routine cyst-removal surgery, targeting three cysts on her head, during which the fire erupted. Both the doctors in the room during the surgery, and the firefighters that were called to the scene after the fire, have not yet revealed what exactly caused the fire, or too many details regarding the situation in general.

Grice’s uncle, Ted Grice, said the doctors haven’t yet told the family what caused the fire, and the facility where the operation (and subsequent fire) took place, North Okaloosa Medical Center, has simply said they are conducting an investigation. Ann Grice, Kim’s mother, was predictably unhappy about the whole situation, and couldn’t believe what happened to her daughter during what was supposed to be a routine surgery.

“I am in shock. This is not what happens with a routine outpatient surgery.

She had headaches and the doctor was going to remove three cysts and biopsy them but something went bad wrong and my daughter is now in a burn unit with burn specialists and I still do not know what happened. No one will tell me why or how this happened to her.”

Hopefully the medical facility will be able to discern the cause of the fire, and prevent people who are getting routine surgery from catching on fire on top of their face. Hopefully Kim will be able to make a full recovery, and not have to deal with much scarring from the burns.

(Crestview Bulletin via The Daily What)

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  • http://profiles.google.com/joint.striker joint striker

    I wonder if this is possibly the first spontaneous human combustion ever acknowledge by a medical institution… By the lack of immediate details about the accident it looks a lot like it. Either that or the doctors screw up big time.

  • Anthony Neves

    She’s probably just a Dragon Born. FUS DO RAH!

  • Tony

    There was probably oxygen present when they went to burn the cysts or cauterize the wound. This kind of thing happens now and then near patient’s oxygen masks and stuff.

  • Dhunter0119

    I feel so sad for this young woman. This does happen, as my wife is a prime example. On June 16,2005 while having a lymph node biopsy her oxygen ignited while an electro-cautery was being used. She has had 5 reconstructive surgeries on her face and still has 2 more to go. She hasn’t gone public yet, but now that the case has been settled she will. Yes it took 6 years to settle this.


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