"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 | 6 | 6 |
| 1996 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 1997 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 1998 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 1999 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2000 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 2001 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2002 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| 2003 | 0 | 27 | 27 |
| 2004 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| 2005 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| 2006 | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| 2007 | 0 | 37 | 37 |
| 2008 | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| 2009 | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| 2010 | 0 | 40 | 40 |
| 2011 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| 2012 | 1 | 37 | 38 |
| 2013 | 0 | 35 | 35 |
| 2014 | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| 2015 | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| 2016 | 0 | 39 | 39 |
| 2017 | 0 | 34 | 34 |
| 2018 | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| 2019 | 0 | 41 | 41 |
| 2020 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 2021 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2024 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2025 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diagnosis, Differential" by people in Profiles.
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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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Verma N, Hochhegger B, Mukhopadhyay S, Teixeira E Silva Torres PP, Mohammed TL. Acute Lung Injury. J Thorac Imaging. 2025 May 01; 40(3).
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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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Jain V, Ahuja J, Strange CD, Agrawal R, Palacio DM, Truong MT, Marom EM. Imaging of Mediastinal Masses. Radiol Clin North Am. 2025 Jul; 63(4):609-631.
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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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Ge C, Jang J, Svrcek P, Fleming V, Kim YH. Exploring Deep Learning Applications using Ultrasound Single View Cines in Acute Gallbladder Pathologies: Preliminary Results. Acad Radiol. 2025 Feb; 32(2):770-775.
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Provenza CG, Romanelli JR. Achalasia: Diagnosis and Management. Surg Clin North Am. 2025 Feb; 105(1):143-158.