Differential Diagnosis

(Sign and Disease)

      

• Abdominal distention

• Abdominal pain

• Aches and pains, diffuse

• Adrenal masses

• Alopecia

• Amenorrhea

• Amnesia

• Anaphylaxis

• Anergy, cutaneous

• Anisocoria

• Arterial occlusion

• Arthritis and heart murmur

• Arthritis and muscle weakness

• Arthritis and rash

• Arthritis and subcutaneous
  nodules

• Arthritis and weight loss

• Arthritis, axial skeleton

• Arthritis, fever, and rash

• Arthritis, monoarticular and
  oligoarticular

• Arthritis, polyarticular

• Ascites

• Ataxia

• Back pain

• Breast mass

• Breath odor

• Breathing, noisy

• Bullous diseases

• Cardiac murmurs

• Cavitary lesion on chest x-ray

• Chest pain (nonpleuritic)

• Chest pain (pleuritic)

• Clubbing

• Color changes, cutaneous

• Coma

• Constipation

• Cough

• Cyanosis

• Diplopia, binocular

• Dysphagia

• Dyspnea

• Dysuria

• Edema, generalized

• Edema of lower extremities

• Elevated hemidiaphragm

• Encephalopathy, metabolic

• Epistaxis

• Eye pain

• Facial pain

• Facial paralysis

• Fever and rash

• Flushing

• Gait abnormalities

• Galactorrhea

• Gastric emptying, delayed

• Gastrointestinal bleeding

• Genital discharge

• Genital sores

• Goiter

• Halitosis

• Headache

• Hearing loss, acute

• Hemarthrosis

• Hematuria

• Hemiparesis/hemiplegia

• Hemoptysis

• Hepatic cysts

• Hepatic granulomas

• Hepatomegaly

• Hiccups

• Hirsutism

• Hoarseness

• Hypercapnia, persistent

• Hyperkinetic movement
  disorders

• Hyperventilation, persistent

• Hypogonadism

• Impotence

• Insomnia

• Jaundice

• Jugular venous distention

• Leg cramps, nocturnal

• Leg ulcers

• limp

• Lymphadenopathy

• Mediastinal masses or widening
  on chest x-ray

• Metastatic neoplasms

• Miosis

• Muscle weakness

• Mydriasis

• Myelopathy and myelitis

• Nausea and vomiting

• Nystagmus

• Ophthalmoplegia

• Papilledema

• Paraplegia

• Paresthesias

• Pelvic mass

• Photosensitivity

• Pleural effusions

• Pneumonia, recurrent

• Polyuria

• Popliteal swelling

• Proptosis

• Proteinuria

• Pruritus

• Pruritus ani

• Ptosis

• Pulmonary lesions

• Pulmonary nodule, solitary

• Purpura

• Rectal pain

• Redeye

• Scrotal swelling

• Shoulder pain

• Splenomegaly

• Swollen limb

• Taste and smell loss

• Tremor

• Vertigo

• Vision loss, acute, painful

• Vision loss, acute, painless

• Vision loss, chronic, progressive

• Vomiting

• Weight gain

• Weight loss

• Wheezing

referance

From; Fred F. Feri MD, The care of the medical patient, ed5, st Louis 2001, Mosby