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symptom
(redirected from Presenting symptom)

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symptom
Med any sensation or change in bodily function experienced by a patient that is associated with a particular disease

symptom [′sim·təm]
(medicine)
A phenomenon of physical or mental disorder or disturbance which leads to complaints on the part of the patient.


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The most common presenting symptom of all extracranial schwannomas is a painless neck mass; patients with a trigeminal schwannoma may also demonstrate facial dysesthesia.
Our case was interesting because dysphasia was the only presenting symptom preceding other features by 6 weeks, without esophageal wall or mucosal involvement.
SCD may be the presenting symptom in patients with undiagnosed coronary artery abnormalities, and may be discovered only at the time of autopsy.
 
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