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To the Editor: In their Clinical Problem-Solving article (Nov. 5 issue),¹ Elad et al. present readers with an example of the dangers of "jumping to the wrong conclusion." They exhort us to examine the details of complicated histories, to be on the alert for atypical disease presentations, and to consider multiple concomitant diagnoses. I could not help but wince. Was everything I learned in medical school wrong? I have forgotten the names of many of my professors (some, undoubtedly, are deceased), but I will never forget old Willy Sutton: as far as I'm concerned, he's alive and well, still robbing . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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