Eating disorder differential diagnosis

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Kanwal Khamuani,MD

Overview

[Disease name] must be differentiated from other diseases that cause [clinical feature 1], [clinical feature 2], and [clinical feature 3], such as [differential dx1], [differential dx2], and [differential dx3].

OR

[Disease name] must be differentiated from [[differential dx1], [differential dx2], and [differential dx3].

Differentiating Eating Disorders from other Diseases

BINGE EATING DISORDER

Binge Eating must be differentiated from:

BULIMIA NERVOSA

Bulimia nervosa is diagnosed only after excluding the medical causes of vomiting and excessive bowel activity. These  medical conditions does not exhibit the features of binge eating or excessive preoccupation of weight and body image.
Bulimia Nervosa must be differentiated from: 

ANOREXIA NERVOSA

The core feature of AN is weight loss or low BMI. The patient may not accept the avoidance of food or may not disclose the motives or a particular behavior. Therefore, it can challenging for a provider to know the exact cause of low BMI. The organic and other psychological causes should be ruled out.


Differentiating [disease name] from other diseases on the basis of [symptom 1], [symptom 2], and [symptom 3]

On the basis [symptom 1], [symptom 2], and [symptom 3], [disease name] must be differentiated from [disease 1], [disease 2], [disease 3], [disease 4], [disease 5], and [disease 6].

Diseases Clinical manifestations Para-clinical findings Gold standard Additional findings
Symptoms Physical examination
Lab Findings Imaging Histopathology
Symptom 1 Symptom 2 Symptom 3 Physical exam 1 Physical exam 2 Physical exam 3 Lab 1 Lab 2 Lab 3 Imaging 1 Imaging 2 Imaging 3
Differential Diagnosis 1
Differential Diagnosis 2
Differential Diagnosis 3
Diseases Symptom 1 Symptom 2 Symptom 3 Physical exam 1 Physical exam 2 Physical exam 3 Lab 1 Lab 2 Lab 3 Imaging 1 Imaging 2 Imaging 3 Histopathology Gold standard Additional findings
Differential Diagnosis 4
Differential Diagnosis 5
Differential Diagnosis 6

References

  1. "StatPearls". 2021. PMID 31869164.
  2. "StatPearls". 2021. PMID 32965849 Check |pmid= value (help).
  3. "Eating disorders - Eating Disorders - NCBI Bookshelf".

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