We should not be in a hurry to label a sign or symptom pathognomonic
“Pathognomonia.”
I do not believe this is a real word. That’s OK. I don’t care if it isn’t. I have wanted to write this little blurb several times over a period of a few years. My theme is related to what we physicians regard as pathognomonic — i.e., definitive proof of a particular condition based on one sign or symptom. Sometimes causing unwitting harm to our patients and families. Why haven’t …
