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​Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Miliary Tuberculosis
• Brucellosis
• Collagen-vascular disease
• Lymphoma
• Neoplasms
• Typhoid fever
• Widespread sites of possible dissemination associated with myriad differential diagnostic possibilities
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​Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of  Pulmonary Tuberculosis
• Cancer
• Coccidioidomycosis
• Histoplasmosis
• Interstitial lung diseases (rarely)
• Melioidosis
• Necrotizing pneumonia (anaerobic, gram-negative)
• Paragonimiasis
• Rare pneumonias: Rhodococcus equi (cavitation), Bacillus cereus (50% hemoptysis), Eikenella corrodens (cavitation)
• Sarcoidosis
• Silicosis
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​Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Deep Venous Thrombosis
• Abscess
• Arterial insufficiency
• Cellulitis, lymphangitis, Achilles tendinitis
• Claudication
• Hematoma
• Muscle or soft tissue injury, stress fracture
• Ruptured Baker’s cyst
• Superficial thrombophlebitis
• Varicose veins, lymphedema
• Venous stasis
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​Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
• Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
• Eclampsia or preeclampsia
• Gastroenteritis as a result of a serotoxin-producing serotype of Escherichia coli
• Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (typically encountered in children, often after a viral infection)
• Malignant hypertension
• Medications: clopidogrel, ticlopidine, penicillin, antineoplastic chemotherapeutic agents, oral contraceptives
• Vasculitis
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​Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Thyroid Carcinoma
• Benign thyroid cyst
• Branchial cleft cyst
• Ectopic thyroid
• Epidermoid cyst
• Laryngocele
• Lymphocytic thyroiditis
• Multinodular goiter
• Nonthyroid neck neoplasm
• Thyroglossal duct cyst
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​Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Thyroiditis
• Factitious hyperthyroidism can mimic silent thyroiditis.
• Painful subacute thyroiditis can be mistaken for infections of the oropharynx and trachea or for suppurative thyroiditis.
• Riedel’s thyroiditis can be mistaken for carcinoma of the thyroid.
• The hyperthyroid phase of Hashimoto’s, subacute, or silent thyroiditis can be mistaken for Graves’ disease.
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