Chest Pain
Chest Pain: Excerpt from A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
Skin and subcutaneous lesions [including adiposis dolorosa, thrombophlebitis of thoracoepigastric vein (Mondor's disease)]
Breast lesions
Fibroadenosis
Chronic cystic mastitis
Acute breast abscess or mastitis
Carcinoma
Musculoskeletal disorders
Bruised or fractured rib
Periostitis
Periosteal hematoma
Costochondritis (Tietze's syndrome)
Slipping costal cartilage
Intercostal muscle “stitch” or cramp
Intercostal myositis
Pectoral or other muscular strain
Shoulder girdle disorders (e.g., subacromial bursitis)
Cervical disc herniation
Dorsal spine osteoarthritis
Thoracic outlet syndrome
Neuralgia
Herpes zoster
Tabes dorsalis
Neurofibroma
Neoplasm
Pericardial disease
Pericarditis
Neoplasm
Congenital absence of left pericardium
Mediastinal disease
Mediastinal emphysema
Neoplasm
Mediastinitis
Cardiovascular disease
Acute myocardial infarction
Angina pectoris
Aortic valvular disease
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Mitral valve prolapse
Acute aortic dissection
Thoracic aortic aneurysm
Myocarditis
Primary pulmonary hypertension
Ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm
Pleural or pulmonary disease
Pleuritis of any etiology (e.g., pneumothorax)
Tracheobronchitis
Pneumonia
Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary thromboembolism
Neoplasm
Bronchogenic carcinoma
Metastatic tumor
Mesothelioma
Other parenchymal lesions
Gastrointestinal disease
Esophageal lesions
Esophagitis
Esophageal spasm
Mallory-Weiss syndrome
Esophageal rupture
Foreign body
Carcinoma
Zenker's diverticulum
Plummer-Vinson syndrome
Peptic ulcer disease (with or without perforation)
Gastric distention
Gastritis
Biliary disease
Acute cholecystitis
Biliary colic
Distention of the liver
Pancreatitis
Subphrenic abscess
Splenic infarct
Splenic flexure syndrome
Thyroiditis
Psychogenic causes
References
1. Williams, ES: Approach to the Patient with Chest Pain, p. 317. See Bibliography, 5.
2. Braunwald E: The History, p. 1. See Bibliography, 1.
Book Source Details
- Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
- Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
- Year of Publication: 1999
- Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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