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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2245881/In the assigned article, you read about ovarian teratomas. This diagnosis, although rare, can cause patients to present with psychiatric symptoms. However, if not discovered, the patient can end up in respiratory arrest and/or cardiac arrest on the psychiatric unit. Think back over your experience to a time when a misdiagnosis may have had serious consequences to a patient. Research the disease and discuss it. What are the clinical manifestations? What are common differential diagnoses? How common is the disease? What are the potential consequences of misdiagnosis? How can misdiagnosis be prevented?

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Running Head: MISDIAGNOSIS
MISDIAGNOSIS                                                                                                                                          5
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A 25-year-old female was diagnosed with ‘Just cramps’, and an eating disorder while actually, she was suffering from Endometriosis since the age of 14 years. She was having gastrointestinal problems as well; it was hurting whenever she used to eat. She also had symptoms of depression. The patient was reported to have period pain at the age of 14. But as the patient was very young, the doctors thought she is exaggerating her symptoms and she is too sensitive to bear the normal period pain. They gave her oral contraceptives which detained her diagnosis even more. She kept suffering from the pain all along till at the age of 25 she consulted a gynecologist and she performed a laparoscopic surgery for her. If she would have been detected earlier, in her teenage she would not have to suffer from unbearable pain and she could have got better treatment long back. She would not have to skip her classes (Healthline Media, 2016).
Endometriosis is an illness in which the tissues that line the uterus from inside, grows abnormally outside the uterus on other organs like fallopian tubes and ovaries. During the menstrual cycle, these extracellular tissues grow and bleed just in the same way like endometrium.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2245881/In the assigned article, you read about ovarian teratomas. This diagnosis, although rare, can cause patients to present with psychiatric symptoms....

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