From: Misdiagnosis in occupational and environmental medicine: a scoping review
Clinical specialty (frequency) | False-negative (55 articles) | Both false-negative and -positive (9 articles) | False-positive (15 articles) |
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Pulmonology | Chronic beryllium disease [12,13,14,15,16] Hypersensitivity pneumonitis [17,18,19] Pigeon fancier’s lung [20] Obliterative bronchiolitis [21] Malignant mesothelioma [22] Occupational lung cancer [23] Interstitial lung disease [28,29,30,31,32] Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis [35] | Pneumoconiosis [65] Interstitial lung disease [66, 67] Asbestosis [68] | Bronchial asthma [76] Asbestos-related cancer [77] Chronic beryllium disease [78] |
Dermatology | Allergic contact dermatitis [36, 37] Phytophotodermatitis [38] Allergic laryngitis [39] | Latex allergy reaction [79] | |
Orthopedics or trauma | Musician’s focal dystonia [40] Calcific tendinitis of the flexor carpi ulnaris [41] Condensing osteitis in the clavicle [45] | Workplace injury and illness [69] | Hand-arm vibration syndrome [82] Occupational overuse syndrome [83] Carpal tunnel syndrome [84] |
Other clinical specialties | Tsutsugamushi disease [46] Methyl iodide and Manganese poisoning [47] N-hexane poisoning [48] Polymer fume fever [53] Irritant vocal cord dysfunction [54, 55] Multiple chemical sensitivity [56] Adjustment disorder [57] Whipple’s disease [58] Occupational disease, general [59,60,61] Facial nerve baroparesis [62] Leptospirosis [63] Corpus carvernosum thrombosis [64] | Noise-induced hearing loss [70] Minamata disease [71] Multiple chemical sensitivity [72] Environmental illness [73] | Acute kidney injury [85] Varicella-zoster virus infection [86] Neurotoxic disease [87] Cognitive malingering in toxic exposure [88] |