All that coughs is not (respiratory) allergy.
A 54-year-old nun was referred to a respiratory specialist for cough, which was subsequently found to be the prodrome of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. It is tempting for any specialist to assume whoever enters his office has the disease of his specialty. Potential pitfalls in that sort of diagnostic judgment are displayed in this report.
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D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology*; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged