BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Neuropathic pain is reason for distress and incapacity of several patients, being that symptoms, mechanisms and management distinguish it from nociceptive pain. This study aimed at discussing the clinical presentation and diagnosis of neuropathic pain. CONTENTS: Neuropathic pain is manifested by several symptoms, being continuous burning pain, shock sensation and mech...

Pain originating in the sacroiliac joint (SIJ) is one of potential causes axial low back pain. A quarter pain cases can be associated with SIJ damage. The review presents and current clinical data dysfunction, describes specific (provocation) tests used to detect syndrome. Diagnostic their effectiveness for differential diagnosis are described. methods instrumental diagnostics, conservative tre...

Advances in cancer pain research and management are an example of the advances that have occurred within the field of neuro-oncology, the medical discipline that includes the diagnosis and treatment of primary central nervous system neoplasms, metastatic and nonmetastatic neurological complications of cancer originating outside the nervous system, and pain associated with cancer. Progress in th...

Introduction In a pediatric setting, physicians frequently are faced with a child presenting with acute limb pain. The differential diagnosis of acute limb pain may include a variety of causes (Table 1), each requiring differing treatments. In certain circumstances, the condition must be diagnosed immediately and appropriate therapy instituted quickly to prevent serious sequelae. Working throug...

Pancreatitis is a relatively common condition that affects approximately one per cent of the population. Although the majority of attacks are mild, it is fatal in one in four people who develop it in a severe form. Clinical manifestations are so varied that the condition should be considered in the differential diagnosis of all upper abdominal pain until serum amylase concentrations become norm...

This paper reports a controlled prospective unselected real-time comparison of human and computer-aided diagnosis in a series of 304 patients suffering from abdominal pain of acute onset.The computing system's overall diagnostic accuracy (91.8%) was significantly higher than that of the most senior member of the clinical team to see each case (79.6%). It is suggested as a result of these studie...

Introduction Hemolymphangioma is an extremely rare malformation of the lymphatic and blood vessels. A limited number of hemolymphangioma cases occurring in the pancreas, extremities, spleen, and other organs have been reported until September 2017. To the best of our knowledge, no cases of hemolymphangioma in the occipitocervical region have been reported in the literature. Case Presentation ...

Introduction Chronic widespread pain (CWP) is the defining feature of fibromyalgia (FM), a worldwide prevalent condition. Chronic widespread pain is, however, not pathognomonic of FM, and other conditions may present similarly with CWP, requiring consideration of a differential diagnosis. Objectives To conduct a literature search to identify medical conditions that may mimic FM and have highl...

actinomycosis can involve all parts of the urogenital system. urachal actinomycosis rarely reported and was mistaken with urachal adenocarcinoma. we report a case of urachal actinomycosis that presented with abdominal pain and underwent laparotomy with the diagnosis of urachal malignancy pathology reviewed the diagnosis of urachal actinomycosis. patient had no problem in two years follow up.