A Good Diagnosis: Reasoning and System interacting
A 70-years old man went to the Emergency Department (ED) with high fever (38º C). He had a previous diagnosis
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A 45-years-old man had a final diagnosis of gastric adenocarcinoma with regional dissemination (peritoneum, epiplon) after a diagnostic workout of
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A 40-year-old man with a previous diagnosis of malignant melanoma three years before went to the hospital with vomiting and
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The radiology of bones diseases is now a sub-specialty in some hospitals because you have to get enough experience to
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Almost 10% of brain metastases are asymptomatic even with positive findings in CAT or MNR. Some characteristics can help to
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