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96:, the idea that there are only one or two great imitators was more melodrama than objective description. In recent decades, more than a dozen diseases have been recognized in the medical literature as worthy of being considered great imitators, on the common theme of recurring misdiagnoses/missed diagnoses and protean manifestations. Nonetheless, not every DDx caveat (not every mimic) meets the threshold, because it is inherent to DDx generally that there are thousands of caveats (thousands of instances of the theme, "be careful to rule out X before diagnosing Y"); for example, ectopic pregnancy and ovarian neoplasia can mimic each other, as can myocardial infarction and panic attack, but they are not established as great imitators per se (rather, merely DDx considerations). The list of great imitators here relies on references in the medical literature applying that label, or on other references documenting a condition's especially 524:, whose potential as a new great imitator provoked fear in the 1980s and 1990s because of reported cases of misdiagnosis with debilitating consequences; today it is generally considered better understood and is treatable, making it no longer quite so fearfully mysterious, but it remains worthy of consideration with compatible exam findings and when exposure to Lyme-carrying ticks is probable. 643:, causing gait disturbances, poor memory, strange behavior, mental impairment, and urinary incontinence, sometimes leading to psychiatric misdiagnoses, especially in cases where the focal neurologic signs are absent; a warning to obtain CT or MRI of the brain to rule out other causes of apparently psychiatric symptoms 1146: 469:
difficult) "whenever any endocrine gland or endocrine tumor is secreting hormones in unusual ways (either too much or too little)," because of the very nature of hormones as chemical messengers (thus deranged hormones cause deranged
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has been implicated as a great imitator at least once in the medical literature. But the topic of thiamine deficiency also has been identified as an important component not only of
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Keuning, MW; Kamp, GA; Schonenberg-Meinema, D; Dorigo-Zetsma, JW; van Zuiden, JM; Pajkrt, D (July 2020). "Congenital syphilis, the great imitator—case report and review".
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Discusses endometriosis, including the themes of misdiagnosis and poor medical understanding as traditionally long-standing problems in this disease.
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is logically almost always involved. In some cases, an assumption that a particular sign or symptom, or a particular pattern of several thereof, is
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Often called "the great imitator," gout may masquerade as septic arthritis, RA, or neoplasm, and the diagnosis is often delayed by weeks or months.
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is a wide-ranging topic that includes covert, subclinical, minimal, mild, nonalcoholic, alcoholic, moderate, and severe forms, just as (relatedly)
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Tchernev, G (2006). "Cutaneous sarcoidosis: The 'great imitator': Etiopathogenesis, morphology, differential diagnosis, and clinical management".
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was widely considered by physicians to be "the great imitator", and in the next few decades after that, several other candidates, mainly
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Because of its protean and often nonspecific clinical manifestation, RCC is sometimes referred to as the 'great imitator' by clinicians.
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also has covert, subclinical, minimal, mild, nonalcoholic, alcoholic, moderate, and severe forms. At bottom, it is established that the
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Froede, RC; Gordon, JD (November 1980). "Alcoholism--the second great imitator. An introduction to the problem of alcoholism".
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General theme: "anything inside the head that presses on the brain in unusual ways can cause strange signs or symptoms"
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Knöpfel, N; Noguera-Morel, L; Latour, I; Torrelo, A (2019-05-01). "Viral exanthems in children: a great imitator".
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Kopp, SA; et al. (2010). "Cutaneous manifestations of hypothyroidism". In Heymann, Warren R. (ed.).
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Del Paggio, Joseph; et al. (2017). "Disturbances in blood flow and 'medicine's greatest imitator'".
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Jaros, J; Hunt, S; Mose, E; Lai, O; Tsoukas, M (2020-03-01). "Cutaneous metastases: a great imitator".
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Culley, L; Law, C; Hudson, N; Denny, E; Mitchell, H; Baumgarten, M; Raine-Fenning, N (November 2013).
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Pachner, AR (September 1989). "Neurologic manifestations of Lyme disease, the new "great imitator"".
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Oral cancer has been called the great imitator, for it can appear as many different oral conditions.
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Scabies is called the great imitator because patients can present with a variety of lesions.
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Conditions or diseases sometimes referred to with this nickname thus include the following:
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but also in the sense of high-calorie malnutrition, even in people who do not use alcohol.
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Bieber, Eric J.; Sanfilippo, Joseph S.; Horowitz, Ira R.; Shafi, Mahmood I. (2015-04-23).
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Sharma, GV; Sasahara, AA; McIntyre, KM (1976). "Pulmonary embolism: The great imitator".
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Bell, JM; Nair, R; Solon, A; Walker, PD (2005). "SLE: The great imitator strikes again".
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but occasionally others, were asserted as being "the second great imitator". But because
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Gurel, MS; Tekin, B; Uzun, S (2020-03-01). "Cutaneous leishmaniasis: a great imitator".
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Wolfe, Scott W.; Pederson, William C.; Kozin, Scott H.; Cohen, Mark S. (2016-02-24).
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Chen, Q; Chen, W; Hao, F (2019-05-01). "Cutaneous tuberculosis: a great imitator".
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seems to be repeatedly failing, as PET can "see" NETs better than other imaging can
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Vilela, P (November 2017). "Acute stroke differential diagnosis: Stroke mimics".
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Substance abuse has been called the "great imitator" of our time for good reason.
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Hodak, E; Amitay-Laish, I (2019-05-01). "Mycosis fungoides: a great imitator".
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Sievers, Maurice L. (3 June 1961). "The Second "Great Imitator"—Tuberculosis".
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Rooney, J (2005). "Systemic lupus erythematosus: Unmasking a great imitator".
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Williams, Penny; Evans, Sorcha; Thachil, Jecko (2010). "The Great Imitator".
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difficult) "whenever the body is attacking its own cells in unusual ways"
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Stechenberg, BW (June 1988). "Lyme disease: the latest great imitator".
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Thiamine deficiency disease, dysautonomia, and high calorie malnutrition
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Karadağ, AS; Parish, LC (2019-05-01). "Sarcoidosis: a great imitator".
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Tumors (neoplasms), especially cancerous tumors or any endocrine tumors
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turns out to be false, as the reality is that it is only nearly so.
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Dysplastic diseases, some with precancerous or rheumatologic aspects
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can be confused with medical, psychiatric, and surgical conditions.
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Kundakci, N; Erdem, C (2019-05-01). "Leprosy: a great imitator".
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Breathing-related sleep disorders (sleep-disordered breathing)
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and may be confused with a number of other diseases. The term
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is that strange signs and symptoms can result (and can make
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is that strange signs and symptoms can result (and can make
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inside the cranium (including from non-neoplastic causes):
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Closely related to gut function is liver function; see
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affect the brain and thus the mind, although not every
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is inherently subject to occasional difficulty and to
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Fatemi, S. Hossein; Clayton, Paula J. (2016-03-17).
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Rheumatic diseases (most with autoimmune components)
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This topic overlaps substantially with the topic of
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Index

The great imitator
medical conditions
nonspecific symptoms
connotes
differential diagnosis
misdiagnosis
protean
systemic
sequelae
nonspecific symptoms
pathognomonic
syphilis
tuberculosis
differential diagnosis
false positives and false negatives
Hypoglycemia
an imitator of a stroke
Cancers
Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma
Mycosis fungoides
Malignant metastases
Oral cancer
Pheochromocytoma
Paraneoplastic syndromes
endocrine oncology
hormone
homeostasis
neuroendocrine tumors
PET-CT
differential diagnosis

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