Hindsight is 20/20: Reflections on an elusive diagnosis

Narcissism: Reflections on Others' Images of an Elusive Concept

Of the many concepts that Freud bequeathed us, few have proved as elusive as narcissism. In his first systematic exposition of this concept, Freud (1914) stated, that the term narcissism was coined to refer to a paraphilia in which one takes one's own body, rather than another person, as a sexual object. He proceeded, however, to redefine narcissism not as a disorder of sexual object choice but...

Reflections on the Elusive Bulgarian Growth

The paper tries to explain the poor performance of Bulgaria during its transition from plan to market by looking past the difficulties associated with concrete policies and concentrating on the deficiency of the Bulgarian society in its ability or desire to adopt the market system and its heavy requirements. Modern economies rely on complex intertemporal monetary exchange. While this mode of ex...

Moyamoya disease: an elusive diagnosis.

OBJECTIVE AND BACKGROUND Moyamoya disease is an idiopathic vasculopathy of circle of Willis. Stroke is a common presentation. We describe clinical and radiological features of moyamoya disease in four patients. SETTING Tertiary care center in a metropolitan city. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with moyamoya disease were identified by ICD-9 coding system of the hospital medical records. Demo...

Non Convulsive Status Epilepticus: An Elusive Diagnosis

Absence status is the most common form of non-convulsive status epilepticus and is characterized by confusion with varying degrees of memory loss and cognitive impairment. Patients and Method: Three children were sent to neurological consultation due to behavioral alterations and a prolonged confused state; they were hospitalized and treated with sodium diphenylhydantoinate (DPH) IV at a dose o...

Small bowel malignancy: an elusive diagnosis.