Sandbox:khurram
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Differentiating [disease name] from other diseases on the basis of [symptom 1], [symptom 2], and [symptom 3]
On the basis [symptom 1], [symptom 2], and [symptom 3], [disease name] must be differentiated from [disease 1], [disease 2], [disease 3], [disease 4], [disease 5], and [disease 6].
| Diseases | Clinical manifestations | Para-clinical findings | Gold standard | Additional findings | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symptoms | Physical examination | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lab Findings | Imaging | Histopathology | |||||||||||||||||
| Pain in extremities | Chest pain | Hemoptysis | Swelling in extremities | Tenderness in extremities | Edema in extremities | Warmth in extremities | Skin necrosis | Platelet count | PT | PTT | Peripheral blood smear | Bleeding time | Doppler ultrasound | Chest CT scan | Head CT with contrast | ||||
| Antithrombin deficiency | |||||||||||||||||||
| Factor V Leiden mutation | |||||||||||||||||||
| Protein C deficiency | |||||||||||||||||||
| Protein S deficiency | |||||||||||||||||||
| Prothrombin gene mutation | |||||||||||||||||||
| DIC | Ristocetin cofactor assay | ||||||||||||||||||
| Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome | |||||||||||||||||||