| Symptoms
& History
Physical
Findings
Stop
& Think
Lab
and X-Ray
Differential
Diagnosis
The
Disease
Treatment
Conclusions
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Just
when you thought we were there, the differential grew.
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HIV disease we should be able
to rule out with another lab test. (Her HIV is negative.)
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We already have a negative RPR,
so there goes syphilis.
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The ANA is negative, pretty
much ruling out CNS-SLE.
What's the one thing that will
bail us out? The patient's history.
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Lesions dispersed in space and
time.
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Exacerbated by exposure to heat.
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Periods of remission.
So what do you know about
multiple sclerosis?
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