Discoid lupus : Pathognomonic or a key sign? A subtle difference
Discoid lupus: Pathognomonic or a Key sign? Pathognomonic is a term, often used in medicine, that means characteristic for a particular
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Category: Clinical Reasoning
Case analysis under the concepts of Diagnostic Improvement, showing the cognitive and systemic biases implicated in a Diagnostic problem.
Fluid on one side of the nose: is it cerebro-spinal fluid?
Fluid on one side of the nose Sara got up one morning and as she went to wash her
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Pulmonary embolus: a second opportunity
Pulmonary embolus: a second opportunity A 65-year-old man with a previous diagnosis of disseminated neoplasia began to notice an acute
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The New Diagnostic Challenge with Cancer Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy is now consolidated as a basic treatment of cancer. Tumors such as melanoma, kidney, and lung, have been the
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More is not always better
A 70-year-old patient was admitted with neutropenia, moderate thrombocytopenia, and fever, following chemotherapy. starting with antibiotics until normalization of neutrophils.
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Thinking Aloud: when reasoning calls for action
A 70-year-old male had a diagnosis of bladder cancer. One month before, he presented
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