Pandora
received a jar (box) from Zeus. She was instructed not to open
the box. However, due to curiosity, she opened it. In the
process she let loose all kinds of evils into the world.
Today, the expression "to open Pandora's Box" is often used to
mean to find trouble or problems because one actively goes
looking for it.
For example, an elderly patient who has cancer in the colon,
requests for a CT
scan of
the upper body (thorax) only to find that there are tiny spots
in the lungs which could (or could not) mean cancer in the
lungs. The patient now has additional worries in his mind.
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