"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".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Diagnosis, Differential".
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 | 36 | 36 |
| 2001 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| 2002 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2003 | 0 | 43 | 43 |
| 2004 | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| 2005 | 0 | 37 | 37 |
| 2006 | 0 | 53 | 53 |
| 2007 | 0 | 51 | 51 |
| 2008 | 1 | 64 | 65 |
| 2009 | 0 | 61 | 61 |
| 2010 | 0 | 51 | 51 |
| 2011 | 0 | 39 | 39 |
| 2012 | 0 | 58 | 58 |
| 2013 | 1 | 62 | 63 |
| 2014 | 1 | 55 | 56 |
| 2015 | 1 | 63 | 64 |
| 2016 | 3 | 58 | 61 |
| 2017 | 2 | 90 | 92 |
| 2018 | 2 | 82 | 84 |
| 2019 | 2 | 71 | 73 |
| 2020 | 1 | 49 | 50 |
| 2021 | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| 2022 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2023 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2024 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diagnosis, Differential" by people in Profiles.
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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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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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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.
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Spitz tumours and mimickers. Virchows Arch. 2025 Jan; 486(1):143-164.
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Drug-induced parkinsonism: diagnosis and treatment. Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2024 Dec; 23(12):1503-1513.
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PAX5 and CD70 are expressed in thymic carcinoma but not in atypical thymoma (WHO type B3 thymoma): an immunohistochemical analysis of 60 cases. J Clin Pathol. 2024 Oct 20; 77(11):761-765.
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Differential diagnosis of suspected multiple sclerosis: considerations in people from minority ethnic and racial backgrounds in North America, northern Europe, and Australasia. Lancet Neurol. 2024 Oct; 23(10):1050-1062.
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Differentiating Ischemic Hepatitis from Acetaminophen Overdose in Acute Liver Failure: Role of Acetaminophen Adducts-Ischemic Hepatitis vs Acetaminophen Overdose. Dig Dis Sci. 2024 Oct; 69(10):3952-3961.