II. Physiopathology and Differential Diagnosis.

Differential Diagnosis, Vol. II

elaboration of the significance of special symptoms and their bearing on the ultimate diagnosis of the cases discussed. He attains his object by means of case analysis. In the first volume pain and eleven other common symptoms were discussed in all their bearings and in the volume under consideration nineteen other symptoms have been selected for discussion and illustration by means of analysis...

Physiopathology and diagnosis of nephrogenic diabetes insipidus.

Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI) is caused by an improper response of the kidney to the antidiuretic hormone arginine vasopressin (AVP), leading to a decreased ability to concentrate urine which results in polyuria and polydipsia. The clinical diagnosis of NDI relies on demonstration of subnormal ability to concentrate urine despite the presence of AVP. NDI is most commonly acquired, second...

The role of immunoflorescence in the physiopathology and differential diagnosis of recurrent aphthous stomatitis Summary

Unicystic Ameloblastoma: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

Unicystic ameloblastoma is a tumor of odontogenic origin. It is not a rare neoplasm and most often the lesion is asympthomatic. However, large lesions may cause painless swelling of the jaws. Here we report a case of unicystic ameloblastoma with pain, swelling of the posterior jaws along with teeth mobility. Samples of incisional biopsy of the lesion and also interaoperative frozen section were...

Malignant Vasovagal Syncope: Physiopathology, Diagnosis, Epidemiology, and Medical Treatment

The encouraging results from the "Inotropy Controlled Pacing in Vasovagal Syncope" (INVASY) Italian multicenter clinical trial – which demonstrated the effectiveness of pacing based on Closed Loop Stimulation (CLS, Biotronik, Germany) in preventing vasovagal syncope (VVS) [1,2] – provided us incentive to prepare a review entitled "Malignant Vasovagal Syncope." The review provides an updated rev...