"Diagnosis, Differential" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.
| Descriptor ID |
D003937
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.171
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Diagnosis, Differential".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Diagnosis, Differential" by people in this website by year, and whether "Diagnosis, Differential" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| 1996 | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| 1997 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 1998 | 1 | 24 | 25 |
| 1999 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| 2000 | 0 | 34 | 34 |
| 2001 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| 2002 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2003 | 0 | 44 | 44 |
| 2004 | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| 2005 | 0 | 36 | 36 |
| 2006 | 0 | 53 | 53 |
| 2007 | 0 | 51 | 51 |
| 2008 | 1 | 64 | 65 |
| 2009 | 0 | 61 | 61 |
| 2010 | 0 | 51 | 51 |
| 2011 | 0 | 40 | 40 |
| 2012 | 0 | 59 | 59 |
| 2013 | 1 | 63 | 64 |
| 2014 | 2 | 55 | 57 |
| 2015 | 1 | 63 | 64 |
| 2016 | 3 | 58 | 61 |
| 2017 | 2 | 90 | 92 |
| 2018 | 2 | 82 | 84 |
| 2019 | 2 | 71 | 73 |
| 2020 | 1 | 50 | 51 |
| 2021 | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| 2022 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2023 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2024 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diagnosis, Differential" by people in Profiles.
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AI-MET: A deep learning-based clinical decision support system for distinguishing multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children from endemic typhus. Comput Biol Med. 2025 Apr; 188:109815.
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Differential diagnosis in immune checkpoint inhibitors neurotoxicity. J Neurol. 2025 Jan 15; 272(2):116.
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Understanding BI-RADS Category 3. Radiographics. 2025 Jan; 45(1):e240169.
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Synaptophysin Positive Pulmonary Glomus Tumor Mimics Carcinoid Tumor on Fine-Needle Aspiration. Diagn Cytopathol. 2025 Apr; 53(4):E66-E69.
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Bilateral Cystic Endosalpingiosis in Cervical Lymph Nodes Mimicking Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Morphologically on Cytology: A Case Report and Literature Review of Diagnostic Challenges. Diagn Cytopathol. 2025 Mar; 53(3):E46-E50.
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Burkitt lymphoma. Hum Pathol. 2025 Feb; 156:105703.
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Differentiating Separate Primary Lung Adenocarcinomas From Intrapulmonary Metastases With Emphasis on Pathological and Molecular Considerations: Recommendations From the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Pathology Committee. J Thorac Oncol. 2025 Mar; 20(3):311-330.
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Juxtaglomerular Cell Tumor With Cytohistological Correlation: A Case Report. Diagn Cytopathol. 2025 Feb; 53(2):E29-E32.
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From the archives of MD Anderson Cancer Center: EBV-positive fibrin-associated large B-cell lymphoma in an ovarian leiomyoma with cystic degeneration: A case report and discussion of differential diagnosis. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2025 Feb; 74:152397.
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DNA methylation classifier to diagnose pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma metastases from different anatomical sites. Clin Epigenetics. 2024 Nov 10; 16(1):156.