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Pathoplasticity
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DEFINITION
- Pathoplasticity is the “variability in a symptom’s specific form and content, shaped by events in a patient’s life.”[1]
- Pathoplastic features are differentiated from pathognomonic features, which are specifically distinctive or characteristic of a disease or pathologic condition.
- The clinician can make a diagnosis based on pathognomonic signs and symptoms, but pathoplastic features by definition can vary between individuals with the same diagnosis.
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DEFINITION
- Pathoplasticity is the “variability in a symptom’s specific form and content, shaped by events in a patient’s life.”[1]
- Pathoplastic features are differentiated from pathognomonic features, which are specifically distinctive or characteristic of a disease or pathologic condition.
- The clinician can make a diagnosis based on pathognomonic signs and symptoms, but pathoplastic features by definition can vary between individuals with the same diagnosis.
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Last updated: March 7, 2022
Citation
Szilagyi, Nathalie, and Margaret S Chisolm. "Pathoplasticity." Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide, 2022. Johns Hopkins Guide, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787167/all/Pathoplasticity.
Szilagyi N, Chisolm MS. Pathoplasticity. Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. 2022. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787167/all/Pathoplasticity. Accessed January 27, 2023.
Szilagyi, N., & Chisolm, M. S. (2022). Pathoplasticity. In Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787167/all/Pathoplasticity
Szilagyi N, Chisolm MS. Pathoplasticity [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. ; 2022. [cited 2023 January 27]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787167/all/Pathoplasticity.
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