Neurologic Differential Diagnosis

Neurologic Diagnosis

REM density in the differential diagnosis of psychiatric from medical-neurologic disorders: a replication.

The discriminatory power of rapid eye movement (REM) density in 61 outpatients with medical, neurologic, and psychiatric disorders and 8 noncase controls was assessed. REM density was significantly lower in a group of patients with medical-neurologic disease as compared with psychiatric and control subjects without evidence for such disease. Furthermore, low scores discriminated depressions occ...

Unicystic Ameloblastoma: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

Unicystic ameloblastoma is a tumor of odontogenic origin. It is not a rare neoplasm and most often the lesion is asympthomatic. However, large lesions may cause painless swelling of the jaws. Here we report a case of unicystic ameloblastoma with pain, swelling of the posterior jaws along with teeth mobility. Samples of incisional biopsy of the lesion and also interaoperative frozen section were...

bIochEmIcal dIagnoSIS and dIffErEntIal dIagnoSIS

the characteristic Cushingoid appearance except in some patients with the ectopic ACTH syndrome, whereas patients with only subtle hypersecretion of cortisol may exhibit less obvious physical changes. In addition, some features found in patients with CS such as obesity, hypertension, mood changes, and menstrual irregularities are also common in the general population. In such cases the presence...

P155: Differential Diagnosis of Panic Attacks: Using a Decision Tree

Panic attacks are discrete episodes of intense fear or discomfort accompanied by symptoms such as palpitations, shortness of breath, sweating, trembling, derealization and a fear of losing control or dying. Although panic attacks are required for a diagnosis of panic disorder, they also occur in association with a host of other disorders listed in the 5h version of the diagnostic and statistica...