Exclusion diagnosis

The diagnosis of exclusion ( Latin diagnosis per exclusionem , English diagnosis by exclusion ) is a diagnosis that results from the gradual exclusion of all other possible diseases with the same symptoms , until only the exclusion diagnosis remains.

In contrast to this approach, there is a targeted diagnosis, such as X-ray diagnosis of bone fractures in the presence of external injuries.

A typical diagnosis of exclusion is, for example, irritable bowel syndrome . Another example is essential hypertension . The method of diagnosis by exclusion has proven itself in psychosomatic diagnoses in order not to overlook any physical causes when assuming psychogenic disease factors.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peter Reuter: Springer Lexicon Medicine. Springer, Berlin a. a. 2004, ISBN 3-540-20412-1 , p. 479.
2. ^ PA Berg: Chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia syndrome . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-44194-6 , pp. 91 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
3. ↑ Exclusion diagnosis . In: Sven Olaf Hoffmann , G. Hochapfel: theory of neuroses, psychotherapeutic and psychosomatic medicine. [1999]. 6th edition. Compact textbook, Schattauer, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-7945-1960-4 , p. 311

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