Differential diagnosis of causes Horner’s Syndrome
-substernal goiter -cluster headache -syringomyelia -demyelinating disease such as multiple sclerosis -brainstem infarct -Wallenberg or lateral medullary syndrome -internal carotid dissection -lung abscess -tuberculoma -neck trauma -neck tumor -Pancoast tumor
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Differential diagnosis of Hookworm Disease
-iron deficiency anemia due to gastrointestinal malignancy -mycoplasma pneumoniae infection -allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis -tuberculosis -tapeworm ( D.latum associated with anemia) -paragonimiasis -strongyloidiasis -ascariasis Differential diagnosis of homocystinuria
-hypercoagulability due to other causes -mental retardation due to other causes -Marfan syndrome Differential diagnosis of Hodgkin’s disease
-drug induced pseudo lymphoma such as phenytoin -metastatic cancer -HIV disease -sarcoidosis -cat- scratch disease -tuberculosis / lymphadenitis (scrofula) -non –Hodgkin’s lymphoma Differential diagnosis of hoarseness
-angioedema -gastroesophageal reflux -substernal goiter -thyroiditis -multinodular goiter -thyroid carcinoma -hypothyroidism -unilateral vocal cord paralysis -lung cancer with paralysis of recurrent laryngeal nerve -laryngeal cancer -vocal cord nodules, polyps or papillomas -voice overuse -laryngitis Differential diagnosis of diarrhea
-inflammatory bowel disease -malabsorption syndrome -antibiotic associated diarrhea -infectious diarrhea Differential diagnosis of neurologic symptoms of HIV and AIDS
-vitamin deficiency -hyperthyroidism -hypothyroidism -renal failure / uremia -cirrhosis ( hepatic encephalopathy) -neuro syphilis -chronic meningitis -alcoholism Differential diagnosis of pulmonary symptoms of HIV and AIDS
-interstitial lung disease such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, pneumoconiosis -fungal pneumonia, such as histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis -viral pneumonia -tuberculosis -bacterial pneumonia Differential diagnosis of constitutional symptoms of HIV and AIDS
-hyperthyroidism -endocarditis -tuberculosis -malignancy |
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