One third of misdiagnosed medical cases result in serious injury or death. Moreover, 40,000-80,000 deaths occur each year in the United States alone because of misdiagnosis. This is a major clinical crisis that medical schools and hospitals have failed to adequately address. There is currently no book available that provides general clinicians with the knowledge to prevent such lethal errors in a variety of disciplines.
Composed of clinical cases, the book represents seventy chapters fashioned into sixteen modules and are organized by systems, such as allergy and immunology, cardiology, neurology and rheumatology, just to name a few. Each chapter is organized with a general introduction to the topic followed by the name of the specific disease. Next comes the actual clinical case presentation followed by the differential diagnosis. It then explains what was misdiagnosed in the specific case and why. A general discussion and plan of action is then described followed by a conclusion.
Uniquely incorporated in the book is a chapter dedicated to the legal perspectives of misdiagnosis followed by an editors perspective. The Misdiagnosis Casebook in Clinical Medicine is a valuable and much-needed resource for clinicians as well as practitioners in all areas of medicine.
Allergy & Immunology.- Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis
Masquerading as Recurrent Bacterial Pneumonia.- Angioedema Bowel Blockade:
The Misdiagnosis of Hereditary Angioedema as a Rare Cause of Small Bowel
Obstruction.- Bullous Fixed Drug Eruption Due to Fluconazole Imitating Herpes
Simplex.- Deficiency of Adenosine Deaminase Type 2 (DADA2) Masquerading as
GATA-binding Factor 2 (GATA2) Deficiency.- Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
Misdiagnosed as Asthma.- Misdiagnosis of Common Variable Immune Deficiency.-
Confusion of Cutaneous Reactions - A Misdiagnosis of Drug Reaction with
Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) Syndrome.- The Dish with the Fish:
Scombroid Poisoning Misdiagnosed as Food Allergy.- Using Indirect
Immunofluorescence in Unveiling Unknown Pemphoids and Avoiding Misdiagnosis.-
Cardiology.- Infective Endocarditis Misdiagnosed as Community-Acquired
Pneumonia.- Cardiac Amyloidosis Misdiagnosed as Monoclonal Gammopathy of
Undetermined Significance.- Metastatic Heart Cancer Misdiagnosed as Acute
Myocardial Infarction.- Primary Cardiac Synovial Sarcoma Misdiagnosed as
Tuberculoma.- Severe Eccentric Mitral Regurgitation Misdiagnosed as Severe
Aortic Stenosis.- Emergency Department.- A Case of Misdiagnosis of Hepatic
Encephalopathy.- A Case of Misdiagnosis of Rhabdomyolysis.- Acute Coronary
Syndrome Misdiagnosed as Anxiety.- Diabetic Neuropathy Misdiagnosed as Right
Lower Limb Injury.- Multiple Sclerosis is Misdiagnosed as Migraine.-
Endocrinology.- Addison's Disease along with Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis
and Acute Renal Failure Misinterpreted as Peripheral Motor
Neuropathy.-Hypopituitarism Secondary to Macroadenoma with Vomiting and
Hyponatremia Misdiagnosed as Episodes of Gastritis/Esophagitis.-
Hypothyroidism with Nephrotic Syndrome Misdiagnosed as Cardiac Failure.-
Adrenal Insuciency Misdiagnosed as Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH Secretion.-
Pheochromocytoma Misdiagnosed as COVID-19.- Gastroenterology.- Initial
Misdiagnosis of Celiac Disease with Life-Threatening Presentation.-
Misdiagnosis of Colorectal Cancer with Emphysematous Epididymo-orchitis as a
Camouflage.- Misdiagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Due to Features
Similar to Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis.- Small Bowel Carcinoma
Misdiagnosed as Ileal Crohn's Disease.- Foreign Body Ingestion Misdiagnosed
as Irritable Bowel Syndrome.- Gynecology.- Hydatidiform Mole Misdiagnosed as
a Threatened Abortion.- Gestational Choriocarcinoma Misdiagnosed as Ovarian
Ectopic Pregnancy.- Misdiagnosis of Mullerian Agenesis in a Patient with 46,
XX Gonadal Dysgenesis.- Premature Ovarian Insufficiency: Misdiagnosed as a
Case of Pregnancy in Nepal.- A Case of Forgotten Copper T (IUD): Misdiagnosed
as a Case of Secondary Sterility Treated with Hormonal Treatment.-
Hematology.- Congenital Methemoglobinemia Misdiagnosed as Polycythemia Vera.-
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Misdiagnosed as Autoimmune Cytopenia.-
Hemoglobin H Disease andVitamin B 12 Deficiency Misdiagnosed as Thrombotic
Thrombocytopenic Purpura.- Hepatoerythropoietic Porphyria Misdiagnosed as
Child Abuse.- Hereditary Spherocytosis Misdiagnosed as Glucose-6-Phosphate
Dehydrogenase Deciency.- Inherited Thrombocytopenia Misdiagnosed as
Myelodysplastic Syndrome.- Infectious Diseases.- Hematogenous Disseminated
Tuberculosis Misdiagnosed as Metastatic Lung Cancer.- Severe Abdominal Sepsis
Misdiagnosed as Pelvic Inflammatory Disease.- Syphilitic Uveitis Misdiagnosed
as Viral Retinitis.- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Misdiagnosed as
Pharyngitis.- Early Lyme Disease Misdiagnosed as Influenza.- Nephrology.-
Apolipoprotein C-II Amyloidosis Misdiagnosed as Light Chain Amyloidosis.-
Phyllodes Tumor Misdiagnosed as Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy and a Cyst.-
Large Calcified Renal Artery Aneurysm Misdiagnosed as Intrapelvic Calculus.-
Anastomosing Hemangioma Misdiagnosed as Renal Cell CA.- Urethritis Associated
Hematuria Misdiagnosed as C1q Nephropathy.- Primary Mucinous Adenocarcinoma
of Renal Pelvis Misdiagnosed as Calculus Pyonephrosis.- Kidney Inflammatory
Myofibroblastic Tumor Misdiagnosed as a Metastatic Malignancy.- Neurology.-
Guillain-Barre Syndrome Misdiagnosed as Posterior Circulation Stroke.- Stroke
Misdiagnosed As Benign Positional Paroxysmal Vertigo.- Primary Amoebic
Meningoencephalitis Misdiagnosed as Pyogenic Meningitis.- Cotard Syndrome
Misdiagnosed as Major Depressive Disorder.- Oncology.- Colonic Cancer
Misdiagnosed As Hemorrhoids.- Malignant Melanoma Misdiagnosed as Diabetic
Foot Ulcer.- Multiple Myeloma Misdiagnosed as Rheumatoid Arthritis.-
Psychiatry.- Bipolar Disorder Misdiagnosed as Major Depressive Disorder.-
Schizoaffective Disorder Bipolar Type Misdiagnosed as Bipolar I with
Psychotic Features.- Borderline Personality Disorder Misdiagnosed as Bipolar
Disorder.- Generalized Anxiety Disorder Misdiagnosed as Non-Specific Physical
Pain.- Pulmonology.- Chronic Beryllium Disease Misdiagnosed as
Sarcoidosis.-Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Misdiagnosed as Sputum Negative
Tuberculosis.- Rheumatology.- How to Differentiate Chronic Widespread Pain in
Order to Reduce Misdiagnosis of Fibromyalgia.- Rheumatoid Arthritis
Misdiagnosed as Gout.- Spondyloarthritis: Gender Based Symptomatology in
Order to Reduce Misdiagnosis.- Legal.- Legal Consequences of the Misdiagnosed
Patient.- An Editor's Perspective.- Strategies to Avoid a Misdiagnosis.
Hassaan Tohid, MBBS
California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences and Psychology
Fairfield, CA USA
Larry G. Baratta MD, PhD
Dean of Student Affairs
Chair & Professor of Integrated Clinical Medicine
St. Martinus University Faculty of Medicine
Willemstad, Curacao
Howard Maibach, MD
University of California
San Francisco, CA USA
