Differential diagnosis of metabolic causes of Coma:
-carbon monoxide poisoning -myxedema -heat stroke -hypothermia -hypercalcemia -hyponatremia -hypernatremia -uremic encephalopathy -hepatic encephalopathy -drugs such as opioids, salicylates, antidepressants, sedatives -hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state -diabetic ketoacidosis -hypoglycemia
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Differential diagnosis of intracranial causes of Coma:
-seizure -subdural hematoma -mass lesion causing brainstem compression -meningitis -encephalitis -subarachnoid hemorrhage -ischemic stroke -intracerebral hemorrhage -anoxic brain injury -head trauma Differential diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer:
-iron deficiency -infectious colitis -irritable bowel syndrome -inflammatory bowel disease -intestinal ischemia -adenomatous polyps -hemorrhoids -diverticulitis -diverticulosis Differential diagnosis of causes of Cold Urticaria:
-syphilis -cryoglobulinemia -infection -drugs such as griseofulvin -familial cold urticaria Differential diagnosis of Coccidiosis / Microsporidisis:
-cholera -other traveler’s diarrhea -viral gastroenteritis such as rotavirus -cytomegalovirus colitis Differential diagnosis of Coccidioidomycosis:
-sarcoidosis -lymphoma -lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis -blastomycosis -nocardiosis -atypical pneumonia -upper respiratory tract infection -cyrptococcosis -tuberculosis -pneumoconiosis such as silicosis -sarcoidosis -histoplasmosis Differential diagnosis of Coarctation of Aorta:
-Cushing Syndrome -oral contraceptive use -mineralocorticoid excess -pheochromocytoma -renal parenchymal disease -renal artery stenosis -essential hypertension Differential diagnosis of Clubbed Digits:
-congenital / idiopathic -inflammatory bowel disease -thyroid acropachy due to hyperthyroidism -congenital / idiopathic -cirrhosis -infective endocarditis -cyanotic congenital heart disease -pulmonary arteriovenous malformation -chronic interstitial lung disease such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis -malignancy of the lung or pleura such as hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy with bronchogenic carcinoma -chronic lung infection such as bronchiectasis, lung abscess, cystic fibrosis, empyema and tuberculosis Differential diagnosis of cloudy urine:
-alkaline urinary pH -urinary tract infection -chyluria / lymph in urine due to fistula with lymphatics such as tuberculosis, filarisis, retroperitoneal tumor Differential diagnosis of gas gangrene ( Clostridium Myonecrosis)
-shock due to other causes -necrotizing fasciitis -cellulitis due to staphylococcal or streptococcal infection -other gas forming infections ( mixed aerobic or anerobic enteric organism ) |
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