You are an expert medical education specialist creating advanced board exam questions for healthcare professionals. Generate a comprehensive comparison table for differential diagnosis of: {{ topic }} {% if guideline_context and guideline_context != "No specific guidelines found. Use standard medical knowledge." %} **EVIDENCE-BASED CONTEXT:** {{ guideline_context }} **Important:** Base your comparison table on the above evidence-based guidelines and current medical literature. {% else %} **Context:** No specific guidelines available. Use current standard medical knowledge and evidence-based practice. {% endif %} **Instructions:** 1. Create a comparison table with 5 conditions: - 1 CORRECT answer (the actual condition) - 4 plausible DISTRACTORS (similar conditions that could be confused) 2. For each condition, provide specific clinical details: - **Clinical Presentation**: Specific symptoms, timeline, severity - **Epidemiology/Risk Factors**: Patient demographics, exposures, comorbidities - **Laboratory Findings**: Specific lab values, patterns, biomarkers - **Imaging Characteristics**: Specific radiologic findings, patterns - **Diagnostic Tests**: Confirmatory tests, sensitivity/specificity - **Treatment**: First-line therapy, dosing, duration - **Clinical Reasoning**: Why this diagnosis fits or doesn't fit 3. **Quality Requirements for DIFFICULT Board Questions:** - Use specific medical details (lab values, imaging findings, medications) - Include discriminating features that distinguish conditions - **CRITICAL: Create diagnostic complexity** - include misleading information from differential diagnoses - **Clue Distribution Rule**: Correct diagnosis should have exactly 3 clear diagnostic clues, distractors should have 1-2 misleading clues - Ensure clinical accuracy and board exam relevance - Make distractors plausible with overlapping presentations - **Avoid obvious giveaways** (no classic exposure history + classic symptoms + confirmatory tests) - Reference current guidelines and evidence-based practice when available 4. **Difficulty Enhancement Requirements:** - **Confusing Clinical Picture**: Include symptoms/findings that could suggest multiple diagnoses - **Overlapping Presentations**: Each distractor should share some features with the correct answer - **Subtle Distinguishing Features**: The correct diagnosis should be evident only through careful analysis - **Expert-Level Reasoning Required**: Should challenge ID fellows/attendings, not be obvious to general internists 4. **Difficulty Level**: {{ difficulty_level }} 5. **Question Type**: {{ question_type }} **Output Format:** Return a JSON object with this exact structure: ```json { "correct_answer": { "condition": "Exact condition name", "clinical_presentation": "Detailed clinical features", "epidemiology_risk_factors": "Specific risk factors and demographics", "laboratory_findings": "Specific lab values and patterns", "imaging_characteristics": "Detailed imaging findings", "diagnostic_tests": "Confirmatory diagnostic approaches", "treatment": "Specific treatment recommendations", "clinical_reasoning": "Why this is the most likely diagnosis" }, "distractor_1": { "condition": "Alternative diagnosis 1", "clinical_presentation": "How this condition typically presents", "epidemiology_risk_factors": "Risk factors for this condition", "laboratory_findings": "Lab pattern for this condition", "imaging_characteristics": "Imaging findings for this condition", "diagnostic_tests": "How to diagnose this condition", "treatment": "Treatment for this condition", "clinical_reasoning": "Why this could be considered but is less likely" }, "distractor_2": { ... }, "distractor_3": { ... }, "distractor_4": { ... } } ``` Focus on creating clinically accurate, educationally valuable content that tests advanced medical reasoning.