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Pathohistological Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis
2011Malignant mesothelioma is a rare aggressive tumour arising from mesothelial cells of the pleural and peritoneal cavity including pericardium and tunica vaginalis testis. Malignant mesothelioma occurs predominantly in men (>90%). Asbestos exposure is the best known and evaluated risk factor with a long latency period between exposure and onset of ...
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Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia
The American Journal of Medicine, 2009Fibromyalgia is a chronic functional illness that presents with widespread musculoskeletal pain as well as a constellation of symptoms including fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, sleep difficulties, stiffness, anxiety, and depressed mood. The diagnosis of fibromyalgia, similar to other functional disorders, requires that organic diseases are not causing ...
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The otodystrophies: Diagnosis and differential diagnosis
Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI, 2004The imaging evaluation of hearing loss is usually focused on inflammatory entities, especially chronic otitis/ cholesteatoma and cerebellopontine angles lesions, particularly acoustic tumors. This discussion concerns several developmental and acquired entities.
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The Differential Diagnosis of Jaundice
Southern Medical Journal, 1947The history and physical examination are still the most valuable means of arriving at a diagnosis of the cause of jaundice. Routine laboratory tests may be helpful, and the “liver profile” is of definite value. Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography appears to be the best means available at present to distinguish intrahepatic cholestasis from ...
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Differential Diagnosis of Chorea
Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 2011Chorea is a common movement disorder that can be caused by a large variety of structural, neurochemical (including pharmacologic), or metabolic disturbances to basal ganglia function, indicating the vulnerability of this brain region. The diagnosis is rarely indicated by the simple phenotypic appearance of chorea, and can be challenging, with many ...
Ruth H. Walker, Ruth H. Walker
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Differential Diagnosis of Ascites
Seminars in Liver Disease, 1997The differential diagnosis of ascites often leads to confusion and an inability to exclude its multitude of causes in many patients. In this review, we outline the clinical features and laboratory investigations that usually elucidate the cause of ascites for the clinician in a simple and logical manner.
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The Differential Diagnosis of Jaundice
Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1981A logical sequence of testing, beginning with a thorough history and physical examination, is outlined for the differential diagnosis of jaundice. Case histories illustrate this approach, which results in a minimum number of examinations at a minimum cost.
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The differential diagnosis of homosexuality
British Journal of Medical Psychology, 1977The treatment of homosexuality presents serious difficulties owing to its multifactorial aetiology and variety of psychopathological views. It is suggested that the combined use of psychiatric and psychoanalytic models can contribute to the establishment of a satisfactory differential diagnosis.
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DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF POLIOMYELITIS
Journal of the American Medical Association, 1953It is startling that the diagnosis of a disease on which so much professional effort and interest has been focused is suspected far more frequently than it is definitely made. A final diagnosis, even in the presence of typical clinical features, must depend on demonstration of the virus, either by animal inoculation or tissue culture techniques, as ...
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DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF DIZZINESS
Journal of the American Medical Association, 1957Dizziness, a feeling of motion that persists when the patient and his surroundings are really stationary, can be caused by disorders of the proprioceptive system, the eye, or the ear. When the ear is involved, the etiology is either central or peripheral. A complete examination of the eighth nerve is mandatory.
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