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The differential diagnosis includes Brugada syndrome, hypercalcemia, and early repolarization syndrome.
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- Pseudo-Wellens syndrome after heavy marijuana use
Acute marijuana intoxication is associated with reversible changes in the P and T waves and ST segments.
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- Metastatic pulmonary calcification and end-stage renal disease
CT may show diffusely calcified nodules, high-attenuation areas of consolidation, or fluffy ground-glass nodules.
- Erythematous patches with keratotic annular borders on the glans penis
Reactive arthritis was diagnosed on the basis of urethritis, ocular symptoms, circinate balanitis, and sacroiliitis.
- A second-degree burn after MRI
After undergoing imaging, the patient had 2 new bullous lesions on his inner thighs.
- Heartburn or heart attack? A mimic of MI
The diagnosis: milk-alkali syndrome, complicated by thiazide use.