A Forgotten Diagnostic Modality

Top 10 forgotten diagnostic procedures.

Interoception: The Forgotten Modality in Perceptual Grounding of Concepts

Concepts are the basis of the human cognitive system, and the question of what constitutes the content of these mental representations has long occupied the cognitive sciences. Work in psychology, linguistics and cognitive neuroscience has converged on the idea that we develop our conceptual representations through our perception of and interaction with our environment. To date, such research h...

Hypnotherapy: a forgotten modality in managing chronic post-traumatic upper limb pain.

Dear Editor, Hypnotherapy (and self-hypnosis) alters patients’ perception of pain, thus addressing its psychological and emotional components, which may indirectly infl uence the physiological response.1 It is safe and may decrease costs of medical treatment in chronic pain.1,2 but remains underutilised in clinical medicine. Its effi cacy in chronic post-traumatic limb pain is unclear, with onl...

C4d deposits and a new diagnostic modality for amyloidosis

Amyloidosis is characterized by the deposition of misfolded protein in various organs. The diagnosis of amyloidosis is based on the detection of amyloid deposits by Congo red stain under polarized microscopy. This study was done to investigate C4d deposition in amyloidosis and to determine whether C4d staining can be used as a new diagnostic tool for amyloidosis. This retrospective study includ...

Hypnosis as a diagnostic modality for vocal cord dysfunction.

Vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) is a condition of paradoxical adduction of the vocal cords during the inspiratory phase of the respiratory cycle. VCD often presents as stridorous breathing, which may be misdiagnosed as asthma. The mismanagement of this disorder may result in unnecessary treatment and iatrogenic morbidity. An association with psychogenic factors has been reported, and a higher inci...