Differential Diagnosis for Chest Pain
Synonyms:
Chest pain (finding), Chest pain unspecified, Chest Pains, Nonspecific chest pain, Pain chest, Pain in chest, Pains Chest, Unspecified chest pain (less)
Chest pain (finding), Chest pain unspecified, Chest Pains, Nonspecific ches... (more)
Definition:
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Trauma Causes
- Flail chest
- Penetrating cardiac wound/stabbing
- Penetrating chest trauma/stabbing
- Pneumothorax, traumatic
- Pulmonary contusion
- Chest trauma
- Chest wall injury
- Intercostal muscle strain/injury
- Post cardiac injury syndrome
- Winded status/chest trauma
- Benign mucosal tear/esophagus
- Aorta, rupture, traumatic
- Cardiac trauma
- Dorsal spine compression fracture
- Dorsal spine fracture dislocation
- Esophageal trauma
- Myocardial contusion
- Pericardial trauma
- Rib fracture/fractures
- Sternum, fracture
- Trachea, traumatic rupture/perforation
- Tracheobronchial tear/injury
- Trachea injury
Electromagnetic, Physics, trauma, Radiation Causes
Iatrogenic, Self Induced Disorders
Surgical, Procedure Complication
Infectious Disorders (Specific Agent)
- Herpes Zoster
- Acute respiratory infection (URI,LRI)
- Influenza
- Pneumonia, bacterial
- Pneumonia, viral
- Pneumonia/Bronchopneumonia
- Bacterial tracheitis
- Hepatitis, viral
- Herpes Zoster, chest wall
- Influenza pneumonia
- Pneumonia, acute lobar
- Pneumonia, hemophilus influenza
- Pneumonia, pneumococcal
- CFS/Fibromyalgia/Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Pneumonia, mycoplasma
- Tuberculosis
- Chagas disease myocarditis
- Klebsiella pneumonia
- Myocarditis, viral
- Pericarditis, viral, acute benign
- Pneumonia, abscessing staphylococcal
- Pneumonia, chlamydia
- Pneumonia, psuedomonas
- Pulmonary anthrax
- Amebiasis, pulmonary/abscess
- Chagas disease
- CMV/Esophagitis
- Hydatid cyst, lung
- Lassa fever
- Legionaires disease
- Listeria monocytogenes/listeriosis
- Melioidosis
- Mycoplasma/Eaton agent disease
- Pertussis
- Phlebotomus fever
- Plague, pneumonic
- Plasmodium falciparum malaria
- Pleurodynia, epidemic
- Pneumonia, staphylococcal
- Actinomycosis, thoracic
- Brucella osteomyelitis of spine
- Coccidioidomycosis
- Esophageal candidiasis
- Herpes simplex/Esophagitis
- Histoplasmosis, pulmonary
- Pleurisy, tuberculous
- Pleurisy, viral
- Pott's disease (spinal tuberculosis)
- Q fever
- Tuberculosis pulmonary
- Tuberculosis, cavitary pulmonary
- Avian influenza (H5N1) in human/zoonosis
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome/SARS
- Tuberculous mediastinitis
- Tularemia pneumonia
- Swine-Avian influenza (epizootic)
Infected organ, Abscesses
- Infections
- Bronchitis, acute
- Cholecystitis, acute
- Empyema
- Pneumonia, aspiration
- Laryngotracheobronchitis, acute
- Tracheitis, acute
- Chronic cholecystitis
- Abscess, liver
- Mediastinitis, acute
- Mediastinopericarditis
- Pericarditis, purulent
- Abscess, subphrenic
- Mediastinal abscess
- Middle lobe syndrome
- Myocarditis, acute
- Pleural exudate
- Splenic abscess
- Lung abscess
- Phlegmonous esophagitis
- Splenitis, nonspecific
- Pyogenic Sternoclavicular Arthritis
- Septic Pulmonary Embolism
Granulomatous, Inflammatory Disorders
Neoplastic Disorders
- Tumor emboli/lung
- Malignancy/cancer
- Metastatic bone disease
- Vertebral metastasis
- Metastatic lung lymphatics/carcinoma
- Carcinoid syndrome/Carcinoid metastatic
- Pericardial malignant effusion
- Carcinoma, oat cell (small cell), lung
- Leukemic/lymphocytic lung infiltrate
- Metastasis to heart/myocardium
- Pheochromocytoma
- Pleural effusion, malignant
- Polycythemia vera
- Thoracic spinal cord tumor
- Alveolar cell carcinoma, lung
- Benign fibrous mesothelioma/pleura
- Bronchioalveolar carcinoma of lung
- Carcinoid, bronchial
- Carcinoma lung squamous cell/large cell
- Carcinoma, bronchogenic
- Carcinoma, esophageal
- Carcinoma, metastatic, pleura
- Kaposi sarcoma parenchymal lung disease
- Mediastinal metastasis
- Mediastinal tumor
- Mesothelioma, pleura
- Metastasis to esophagus
- Neuroblastoma
- Pulmonary lymphangiomatosis/LAM
- Hypereosinophilic syndrome
- Malignant histiocytosis
- Thoracic neuroblastoma
- Spinal Meningioma
Allergic, Collagen, Auto-Immune Disorders
- Asthma
- Anaphylaxis, generalized
- Bee/wasp venom allergy
- Croup, spasmodic/tracheobronchitis
- Dressler's syndrome
- Extrinsic/allergic asthma syndrome
- Tracheitis, allergic
- Eosinophilic esophagitis
- Allergic granulomatosis, lung
- Arteritis, giant cell/non-cranial
- Rheumatic carditis, active
- Transfusion reaction, hemolytic
- Rheumatic fever
- Takayasu's pulseless aortitis synd.
- Ankylosing spondylitis (Marie-Strumple)
- Esophageal Crohn's disease
- Fibromyositis/Fibromyalgia syndrome
- Mediastinitis, fibrosing
- Polychondritis
- Rheumatoid lung disease
- Scleroderma, progressive systemic
- Scleroderma, pulmonary
- Spondylitis, undifferentiated
- Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury/TRALI syndrome
- Behcet's syndrome
- Maple bark stripper lung/disease
- Mediastinal fibrosis, idiopathic
- Polychondritis, relapsing
- Idiopathic Anaphylactoid Reactions/Recurrent
Congenital, Developmental Disorders
Hereditary, Familial, Genetic Disorders
Usage, Degenerative, Necrosis, Age Related Disorders
Relational, Mental, Psychiatric Disorders
Anatomic, Foreign Body, Structural Disorders
- Gastric ulcer
- Biliary colic
- Choledocholithiasis
- Cholelithiasis
- Foreign body, bronchus
- Foreign body, larynx
- Foreign body, throat
- Foreign body, trachea
- Hemopericardium
- Hemopneumothorax
- Pulmonary embolism
- Tamponade, cardiac
- Tracheobronchial obstruction
- Esophageal ulceration
- Esophagus, foreign body
- Pericardial effusion
- Pleural effusion
- Achalasia
- Chest wall, hematoma
- Hiatus hernia, esophagus/para-esophageal
- Slipping rib syndrome/costochondral
- Air embolism/venous
- Amniotic fluid embolism
- Aorta rupture, thoracic spontaneous
- Aortic regurgitation, acute
- Cardiac ventricular/septal rupture
- Coronary artery dissection/aneurysm
- Dissecting aortic aneurysm
- Esophageal obstruction
- Fat embolism
- Heart rupture/ventricular wall
- Hemothorax
- Mallory Weiss syndrome(esophageal tear)
- Papillary muscle rupture, mitral
- Perforated/ruptured esophagus
- Pneumomediastinum
- Pneumothorax
- Pneumothorax, catamenial, spontaneous
- Pneumothorax, spontaneous
- Superior vena cava syndrome
- Tension pneumothorax
- Aortic stenosis
- Aortic valve, regurgitation
- Diaphragm rupture/herniation acquired
- Emphysema, mediastinal
- Spleen hematoma
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Atelectasis, pulmonary
- Esophageal ring syndrome
- Esophageal web
- Esophageal Zenker's diverticulum
- Esophagus, traction diverticulum
- Mitral valve stenosis
- Pericarditis, chronic constrictive
- Pharyngoesophageal pulsion diverticulum
- Pleural adhesions
- Esophageal Rupture/Boerhaave Syndrome
Arteriosclerotic, Vascular, Venous Disorders
- Angina, spasm type
- Coronary ischemia
- Angina, crescendo/intermediate syndrome
- Anterior myocardial infarction
- Inferior myocardial infarction
- Lateral wall infarction
- Myocardial infarction, acute
- Pericarditis with myocardial infarction
- Right ventricle infarction
- Thromboembolic disease
- Arteriosclerotic heart disease
- Angina pectoris
- Apical myocardial infarction
- Atrial infarct
- Posterior myocardial infarction
- Prinzmetal variant angina
- Pulmonary embolism, massive
- Pulmonary infarction
- Aneurysm, thoracic aorta
- Pulmonary artery aneurysm
- Chest wall/Breast superficial phlebitis
- Pulmonary infarction with cavitation
- Esophagus apoplexy
Functional, Physiologic Variant Disorders
Vegetative, Autonomic, Endocrine Disorders
- Arrhythmias
- Esophageal free reflux/GERD syndrome
- Gastric retention, acute
- Hyperventilation syndrome
- Tachyarrhythmia
- Cardioesophageal relaxation syndrome
- Pulmonary hypertension/PAH
- Pulmonary hypertension/secondary
- Effort syndrome/neuromysthenia
- Hypertension, malignant
- Thyrotoxic crisis
- Nutcracker esophagus/spasm diffuse
- Thyrotoxic heart disease
- Esophageal spasm/dysmotility
- Pickwick's syndrome
- Pulmonary hypertension, primary idiopathic
Reference to Organ System
- Gastritis, acute
- Esophagogastritis, corrosive
- Gastritis, stress, erosive
- Pericarditis, acute
- Pleurisy/pleuritis secondary
- Pulmonary emboli, recurrent/Homans
- Congestive heart failure
- Esophagitis
- Lung disorders
- Musculoskeletal chest disorder
- Peptic ulcer disease
- Chest wall disease
- Costochondritis (Tietze) Syndrome
- Emphysema/COPD/Chronic lung disease
- Peptic esophagitis, chronic
- Acute cor pulmonale
- Hemolysis acute
- Pleuropericarditis
- Cardiomyopathy
- Pericarditis
- Rhabdomyolysis
- Barrett's esophagus syndrome
- Costoclavicular syndrome
- Dorsal radiculitis
- Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Sternoclavicular joint/arthritis
Heirarchical Major Groups
Drugs
- Ergot alkaloid administration
- Almotriptan (Axert) administration
- Eletriptan (Relpax) administration
- Adenosine (Adenocard) admin
- Dihydroergotamine (DHE) admin
- Frovatriptan (Frova) administration
- Naratriptan (Amerge) admin
- Nicotine/patch (Nicotrol) application/gum-lozenge
- Sumatriptan (Imitrex) admin
- Zolmitriptan (Zomig) admin
- Ergot toxicity
- Drug induced Esophagitis.
Poisoning (Specific Agent)
- Cholinergic crisis toxidrome
- Insecticide/organophosphate type
- Monkshood/Aconite herbal/intake
- Tear gas/CN exposure
- Bloodroot (Sanguinaria) intake
- Cocaine abuse/intoxication
- Crack (free base cocaine) usage/ingestion
- Foxglove plant herbal/intake:
- Poison/Toxic inhalants/dusts
- Sea Anemone Sting
- Smoke inhalation
- Turpentine oil herbal/intake
- Metallic/ore dusts
- Tobacco smoking/excess
- Zinc oxide fumes/exposure
- Cyanide/Hydrogen cyanide exposure/poisoning
- Phosgene Oxime/Weapon (CX) agent
- Acid ingestion
- Alkali corrosive/ingestion
- Cadmium fumes/inhalation/toxicity
- Carbon monoxide poisoning/exposure
- Corrosive esophagitis
- Dynamite/Nitrocellulose poisoning
- Ergotism/wild source/wheat rust/intake
- Explosives poisoning
- Jelly fish sting/Seawasp/Box
- Mustard gas exposure/poisoning
- Nerve gas exposure
- Portuguese Man-of-war/jellyfish sting
- Stachybotrys chartarum/toxic mold/air
- TEPP/Tetraethyl pyrophosphate poisoning
- Toluene poisoning
- Ammonia exposure/inhalation
- Cholinesterase inhibitor poison/exposure
- Coca plant/intake
- Hydrogen sulfide poisoning/inhalation
- Anthracosilicosis
- Anthracosis/coal workers lung
- Asbestosis
- Berylliosis
- Crack lung syndrome
- Silicosis
- Silicosis, acute/sandblasting lung
- Cadmium ingestion
- Carbon disulfide inhalant/poisoning
- Chlorine gas poisoning
- Haff disease/poisoning
- Mercury vapor/acute (element) toxicity
- Tanghin poisoning/intake
- Toluene diisocyanate poisoning
- Trichothecene mycotoxin/weapon exposure
- Bagassosis lung/disease
- Beryllium disease, acute
- Metal fume fever
- Polymer fume fever
- Suberosis lung/disease
- TNT industrial exposures/withdrawal
- Bauxite pneumoconiosis
- Pneumoconiosis, talc
- Siderosis, lung
- Silicotuberculosis
- Alkali Ingestion/Poisoning
- Carbon dioxide gas inhalation/asphyxia
- Vacor/PNU Rat poison
Organ Poisoning (Intoxication)
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