III. Diagnostic Approach.

Peripheral Lymphadenopathy: Approach and Diagnostic Tools

Peripheral lymph nodes, located deep in the subcutaneous tissue, clean antigens from the extracellular fluid. Generally, a normal sized lymph node is less than one cm in diameter. Peripheral lymphadenopathy (LAP) is frequently due to a local or systemic, benign, self-limited, infectious disease. However, it could be a manifestation of underlying malignancy. Seventy-five percent of all LAPs are ...

Diagnostic strategy for mucolipidosis II/III.

Overlapping clinical phenotypes are a diagnostic challenge to the clinician, especially in the cases of mucolipidosis (ML) and mucopolysaccharide disorders (MPS), due to overlapping phenotypes. Present study was carried out in 147 children suspected to have ML or MPS and 100 controls. They were screened for ML II/III by colorimetric method using substrate pNCS. Six children were found screen po...

T-scan III system diagnostic tool for digital occlusal analysis in orthodontics - a modern approach.

INTRODUCTION This systematic literature review was performed to establish the mechanism, methodology, characteristics, clinical application and opportunities of the T-Scan III System as a diagnostic tool for digital occlusal analysis in different fields of dentistry, precisely in orthodontics. METHODS Searching of electronic databases, using MEDLINE and PubMed, hand searching of relevant key ...

Diagnostic approach to cough.

Diagnostic approach to sarcoidosis

There is no single diagnostic test for sarcoidosis. The presence of noncaseating granulomas in a single organ, such as skin, does not establish a diagnosis of sarcoidosis. The finding of a granuloma is not specific for this disease, since many other conditions can cause granulomas. The diagnosis of sarcoidosis is based on the following criteria: 1) a compatible clinical and/or radiological pict...