Misdiagnosis of Encephalitis
| About misdiagnosis: When checking for a misdiagnosis of Encephalitis or confirming a diagnosis of Encephalitis, it is useful to consider what other medical conditions might be possible misdiagnoses or other alternative conditions relevant to diagnosis. These alternate diagnoses of Encephalitis may already have been considered by your doctor or may need to be considered as possible alternative diagnoses or candidates for misdiagnosis of Encephalitis. For a general overview of misdiagnosis issues for all diseases, see Overview of Misdiagnosis. |
Alternative diagnoses list for Encephalitis: For a diagnosis of Encephalitis, the following list of conditions have been mentioned in sources as possible alternative diagnoses to consider during the diagnostic process for Encephalitis:
- Meningitis
- Meningococcal disease
- Meningoencephalitis (see Encephalitis) - combination of meningitis and encephalitis
- Encephalomyelitis (type of Myelitis) - infection of brain and spinal cord
Encephalitis as an alternative diagnosis: The other diseases for which Encephalitis is listed as a possible alternative diagnosis in their lists include:
- Acute Appendicitis
- Bacterial meningitis
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
- Kuru
- Meningitis
- Meningococcal disease
- Pneumococcal meningitis
- Reye's Syndrome
- Viral meningitis
Misdiagnosis cases for Encephalitis:
No cases available yet.
Last revision:
May 27, 2003
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