Differential Diagnosis for Dysphagia Swallowing Difficulties
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Cannot get food down, Can't get food down, DEGLUTITION DIS, Deglutition Disorder, Deglutition Disorders, difficult swallowing, Difficulty in swallowing, difficulty swallowing, Difficulty swallowing (finding), Disorder deglutition, Disorders Deglutition, Dysphagia, Dysphagia (disorder), Swallowing difficult, Swallowing difficulties, SWALLOWING DIFFICULTY, SWALLOWING DIS, Swallowing Disorder, Swallowing Disorders
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Trauma Causes
Electromagnetic, Physics, trauma, Radiation Causes
Iatrogenic, Self Induced Disorders
Surgical, Procedure Complication
Infectious Disorders (Specific Agent)
- Herpes simplex/primary infection
- Infectious mononucleosis
- Chagas disease myocarditis
- Diphtheria
- Nasal diphtheria/syndrome
- Rabies
- Tetanus
- Chagas disease
- Creutzfeld-Jakob disease
- Diphtheritic neuritis/Post-diphtheritic
- Esophageal candidiasis
- Esophageal tuberculosis
- Herpes simplex/Esophagitis
- Intestinal anthrax
- Poliomyelitis, paralytic, bulbar
- Vaccine associated paralytic polio
- Tuberculous mediastinitis
Infected organ, Abscesses
Granulomatous, Inflammatory Disorders
Neoplastic Disorders
- Neoplasms/tumors
- Hodgkin's disease
- Pericardial malignant effusion
- Adenocarcinoma, gastric
- Carcinoma lung squamous cell/large cell
- Carcinoma throat/vallecular
- Carcinoma, bronchogenic
- Carcinoma, esophageal
- Carcinoma, laryngeal
- Carcinoma, medullary, thyroid
- Carcinoma, oral
- Carcinoma, papillary, thyroid
- Carcinoma, pharynx
- Carcinoma, thyroid, anaplastic
- Carcinoma, tongue
- Esophageal tumor
- Esophagus, leiomyoma
- Mediastinal metastasis
- Mediastinum, lymphosarcoma/lymphoma
- Metastasis to esophagus
- Neuroblastoma
- Oral carcinoma, floor
- Thyroid malignancy/carcinoma
- Tonsil lymphosarcoma
- Carcinoma, Hurthle cell/thyroid
- Tonsil, carcinoma
Allergic, Collagen, Auto-Immune Disorders
- Anaphylaxis, generalized
- Laryngeal allergy
- Eosinophilic esophagitis
- Guillain-Barre syndrome
- Temporal/Craniotemporal arteritis
- Dermatomyositis
- Dermatomyositis/childhood type
- Esophageal Crohn's disease
- Mediastinitis, fibrosing
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Polymyositis
- Scleroderma esophagus
- Scleroderma, progressive systemic
- Sjogrens sicca syndrome
- Mediastinal fibrosis, idiopathic
- Idiopathic Anaphylactoid Reactions/Recurrent
Metabolic, Storage Disorders
Biochemical Disorders
Deficiency Disorders
Congenital, Developmental Disorders
- Cerebral palsy
- Cleft palate/palate incompetence
- Cretinism, goitrous sporadic
- Neonatal goiter
- Esophagus, atresia
- Machado-Joseph Syndrome
- Anomalous origin innominate artery
- Craniocarpotarsal Dystrophy (Freeman Sheldon)
- Pierre Robin syndrome
- Subclavian artery, right, anomalous or.
- Velocardiofacial (22q gene) syndrome
- Laryngeal web/congenital
- Vallecular Cyst
- Vascular ring congenital syndrome
Hereditary, Familial, Genetic Disorders
Usage, Degenerative, Necrosis, Age Related Disorders
Relational, Mental, Psychiatric Disorders
Anatomic, Foreign Body, Structural Disorders
- Esophageal ulceration
- Esophagus, foreign body
- Pericardial effusion
- Achalasia
- Hiatus hernia, esophagus/para-esophageal
- Mediastinal mass
- Spondylosis, cervical
- Thyroid mass/Thyromegaly
- Cervical spinal stenosis
- Esophageal obstruction
- Mallory Weiss syndrome(esophageal tear)
- Perforated/ruptured esophagus
- Superior vena cava syndrome
- Nasal obstruction
- Structural/Anatomic disorder
- Thyroid cyst/hemorrhage
- Esophageal ring syndrome
- Esophageal web
- Esophageal Zenker's diverticulum
- Esophagus, stenosis/stricture
- Esophagus, traction diverticulum
- Hernia, diaphragmatic/not hiatus
- Mitral valve stenosis
- Laryngocele, ventricular
- Esophageal Rupture/Boerhaave Syndrome
Arteriosclerotic, Vascular, Venous Disorders
Vegetative, Autonomic, Endocrine Disorders
Reference to Organ System
- Esophagogastritis, corrosive
- Esophagitis
- Neuromuscular disturbances/disorders
- Dementia
- Motor neuron disease
- Peptic esophagitis, chronic
- Stomatitis
- Tonsillar hypertrophy syndrome
- Bulbar paralysis/palsy
- Laryngeal recurrent nerve bilat. paral.
- Palsy, glossopharyngeal
- Barrett's esophagus syndrome
- Goiter, simple nonendemic
- Jackson's neurologic syndrome
- Multinodular colloid adenomatous goiter
- Plummer-Vinson syndrome
- Vagohypoglossal lesion/syndrome
- Goiter, substernal
Pathophysiologic
Heirarchical Major Groups
Drugs
Poisoning (Specific Agent)
- Fool's parsley plant/intake
- Meadow Saffron plant/intake
- Alkali corrosive/ingestion
- Black widow spider bite
- Botulism
- Botulism, infant
- Cationic detergent poisoning
- Caustic agent ingestion
- Caustic soda poisoning
- Corrosive agent ingestion
- Corrosive esophagitis
- Curare poisoning/curare-like agents
- Fer-de-lance viper snakebite
- Lye/Sodium hydroxide ingestion
- Portuguese Man-of-war/jellyfish sting
- Sea snake bite
- Fish Stings/Zebra/Lion fish/misc
- Arsenic poisoning/Acute ingestion
- Alkali Ingestion/Poisoning
- Quicklime/Calcium oxide caustic/intake
Organ Poisoning (Intoxication)
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