Diagnosis, Differential

"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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	E01.171
Concept/Terms	Diagnosis, Differential Diagnosis, Differential Differential Diagnosis Diagnoses, Differential Differential Diagnoses

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Diagnosis [E01]
Diagnosis, Differential [E01.171]

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Bar chart showing 696 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 41 publications in 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	6	6
1996	0	19	19
1997	0	9	9
1998	0	9	9
1999	0	10	10
2000	0	19	19
2001	0	11	11
2002	0	22	22
2003	0	26	26
2004	0	20	20
2005	0	22	22
2006	0	35	35
2007	0	38	38
2008	0	33	33
2009	0	26	26
2010	0	40	40
2011	0	31	31
2012	1	38	39
2013	0	36	36
2014	0	28	28
2015	0	32	32
2016	0	38	38
2017	1	33	34
2018	0	29	29
2019	0	41	41
2020	0	17	17
2021	0	7	7
2022	0	7	7
2024	0	9	9
2025	0	3	3

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Kelly D, Harvey MM, Allen RA, Ramsey DJ. Sturge-Weber syndrome causing choroidal haemangioma and serous retinal detachment: an overlooked diagnosis in a black patient. BMJ Case Rep. 2025 May 11; 18(5).

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Cave DR, Hanscom M, Bledsoe J, Madahian S, Hyatt B, Marya N, Baptista V, Schneider D, Reed G, Albo B, Min M, Barton B. Chronic Stenosing Enteritis: A Variant of Chronic Non-specific Stenosing Ulceration (CNSU) that Is Distinct from Crohn's Disease. Dig Dis Sci. 2025 Apr; 70(4):1449-1456.

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Rackard F, Huang X, Saha D, Akalin A, Watts G, Most M. Large Osteolipoma of the Posterior Ankle: A Rare Tumor in an Unusual Location. J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 2025 Jan-Feb; 115(1).

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Wetstone R, Yim R, Gabel C, Yim K, O'Donnell P, Nutan F. A case of rapidly progressive unilateral non-nephrogenic hemorrhagic bullous calciphylaxis responding to systemic sodium thiosulfate therapy. Wounds. 2024 10; 36(10):338-341.

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Frisoli ML, Ko WC, Martinez N, Afshari K, Wang Y, Garber M, Harris JE. Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Molecular Signatures that Distinguish Allergic from Irritant Contact Dermatitis. J Invest Dermatol. 2025 May; 145(5):1117-1126.e14.

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Macey M, Albalooshy B, Schmidli A, Chang J, Small JE. Differentiating extradural head and neck arterial fenestrations from other intraluminal abnormalities. Eur J Radiol. 2024 Dec; 181:111765.

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Provenza CG, Romanelli JR. Achalasia: Diagnosis and Management. Surg Clin North Am. 2025 Feb; 105(1):143-158.

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Huang Y, Ma SF, Oldham JM, Adegunsoye A, Zhu D, Murray S, Kim JS, Bonham C, Strickland E, Linderholm AL, Lee CT, Paul T, Mannem H, Maher TM, Molyneaux PL, Strek ME, Martinez FJ, Noth I. Machine Learning of Plasma Proteomics Classifies Diagnosis of Interstitial Lung Disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Aug 15; 210(4):444-454.

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Xue C, Kowshik SS, Lteif D, Puducheri S, Jasodanand VH, Zhou OT, Walia AS, Guney OB, Zhang JD, Po?sy S, Kaliaev A, Andreu-Arasa VC, Dwyer BC, Farris CW, Hao H, Kedar S, Mian AZ, Murman DL, O'Shea SA, Paul AB, Rohatgi S, Saint-Hilaire MH, Sartor EA, Setty BN, Small JE, Swaminathan A, Taraschenko O, Yuan J, Zhou Y, Zhu S, Karjadi C, Alvin Ang TF, Bargal SA, Plummer BA, Poston KL, Ahangaran M, Au R, Kolachalama VB. AI-based differential diagnosis of dementia etiologies on multimodal data. Nat Med. 2024 Oct; 30(10):2977-2989.

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Suh L, Puri AS, Singh J, Kuhn AL. I saw the 'puff of smoke' sign before it vanished into thin air. Clin Imaging. 2024 Jul; 111:110190.

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