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Chest Pain

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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Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 2008 Williams & Wilkins.

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More About This Book:
Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
Authors: Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Copyright: 1999
ISBN: 0-78171-943-7

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