First reported case of hydrocephalus in jointly diagnosed bacterial meningitis and a colloid cyst: how Ockham’s razor became Hickam’s dictum
| العنوان: | First reported case of hydrocephalus in jointly diagnosed bacterial meningitis and a colloid cyst: how Ockham’s razor became Hickam’s dictum |
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| المؤلفون: | Gareth May, Simon Lammy, Aditaya Kumar, Ajay Hegde, Edward Jerome St. George |
| المصدر: | British Journal of Neurosurgery. 36:420-423 |
| بيانات النشر: | Informa UK Limited, 2022. |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Colloid Cysts, Diagnosis, Differential, Humans, Surgery, Neurology (clinical), General Medicine, Hydrocephalus, Meningitis, Bacterial |
| الوصف: | We report the first case in the literature of acute hydrocephalus due to a simultaneous diagnosis of bacterial (not asceptic) meningitis and a colloid cyst. Diagnosing disease is the cornerstone skill of a medical practitioner. Both education and experience allow for sharpening of this skill throughout years of medical practice. Disease is fraught with nuances and inconsistencies which can render an accurate diagnosis a difficult task. Medical practitioners can be guilty of cognitive biases such as Ockham's razor. We present the case of a patient with an initial diagnosis of obstructive hydrocephalus secondary to a colloid cyst. However, pneumococcal meningitis blunted Ockham's razor in favour of Hickam's dictum. |
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| تدمد: | 1360-046X 0268-8697 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::cf86c4b51dfc8c2f54ca2e59fdcd0e05 https://doi.org/10.1080/02688697.2022.2077911 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....cf86c4b51dfc8c2f54ca2e59fdcd0e05 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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