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What was the name of the epidsode on discovery health channel mystery diagnosis
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I would like to know the name of the episode on the discovery health channel about a mystery diagnosis. Where a young girl vommited all the time and had abdominal pain. They removed her gallbladder and apendix and in a day she was violently ill again. A gastro doctor ran a ercp and found that her pancrease wasn't functioning properly.  What was the name of the episode or the dr's name? 

Green around the gills?
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