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Differential Diagnosis in Surgical Diseases S Devaji Rao

PART I: SYMPTOMS
2:Dysphagia
- DEFINITIONS
- CLINICAL EVALUATION OF DYSPHAGIA
  - Pathologies to be kept in mind
    - Oropharyngeal Pathologies
    - Esophageal Pathologies
- ELICITING HISTORY
  - Past History
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY (TABLE 2.2)
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION (TABLE 2.3)
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
- TREATMENT PLAN
3:Constipation
- DEFINITION
- CLINICAL EVALUATION OF CONSTIPATION
  - Pathologies to be kept in Mind
- ELICITING HISTORY
  - Past History
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY (TABLE 3.1)
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION (TABLE 3.2)
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
- TREATMENT PLAN
4:Nausea and Vomiting
- DEFINITIONS
- MECHANISM OF VOMITING
  - Act of Vomiting
- CLINICAL EVALUATION OF VOMITING
- ELICITING HISTORY
  - Past History
  - Medical History
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY (TABLE 4.1)
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION (TABLE 4.1)
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
- TREATMENT PLAN
5:Headache
- CLINICAL EVALUATION OF HEADACHE
  - Pathologies to be kept in Mind
- ELICITING HISTORY
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
6:Earache, Ear Discharge and Deafness
- DEFINITIONS
- CLINICAL EVALUATION OF LESIONS OF THE EARS
- ELICITING HISTORY
- DEAFNESS
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
7:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
- DEFINITIONS
- TYPES OF GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGES
- CLINICAL EVALUATION OF GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE
  - Pathologies to be Kept in Mind (Fig 7.1)
- ELICITING HISTORY
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY (TABLE 7.1)
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION (TABLE 7.1)
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
- TREATMENT PLAN
8:Rectal Bleeding
- DEFINITIONS
- CLINICAL EVALUATION OF BLEEDING PER RECTUM
- ASSOCIATION OF PAIN
- ASSOCIATION OF DISCHARGE
- ASSOCIATION OF ALTERATION IN BOWEL HABITS
- ASSOCIATION OF MASS PER RECTUM
- OTHER ASSOCIATED SYMPTOMS
- ELICITING HISTORY
- PAST HISTORY
  - Family History
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY (TABLE 8.7)
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- RECTAL EXAMINATION
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION (TABLE 8.7)
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
9:Acute Upper Abdominal Pain
- DEFINITION
- INTRODUCTION
- CLINICAL EVALUATION OF ACUTE UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN
  - Pathologies to be Kept in Mind
- ELICITING HISTORY
  - Past History
  - Family History
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY (TABLE 9.2)
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION (Table 9.2)
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
- TREATMENT PLAN
10:Acute Lower Abdominal Pain
- DEFINITION
- CLINICAL EVALUATION OF ACUTE LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN
- ELICITING HISTORY
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION (TABLE 10.1)
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
- TREATMENT PLAN
11:Chronic Abdominal Pain
- DEFINITION
- CLINICAL EVALUATION OF CHRONIC ABDOMINAL PAIN
  - Pathologies to be Kept in Mind
- ELICITING HISTORY
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY (TABLE 11.1)
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION (TABLE 11.1)
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
- TREATMENT PLAN
12:Colics
- DEFINITION
- CLINICAL EVALUATION OF COLICS
  - Pathologies to be Kept in Mind
- ELICITING HISTORY
  - Past History
  - Family History
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
- TREATMENT PLAN
13:Hematuria
- DEFINITION
- TYPES OF HEMATURIA
- CLINICAL EVALUATION OF HEMATURIA
- ELICITING HISTORY
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY (TABLE 13.2)
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION (TABLE 13.2)
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
- TREATMENT PLAN
14:Acute Scrotal Pain
- DEFINITION
- CLINICAL EVALUATION OF SCROTAL PAIN
- ELICITING HISTORY
  - Past History
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY (TABLE 14.1)
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION (TABLE 14.1)
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
- TREATMENT PLAN
15:Backache
- DEFINITION
- INTRODUCTION
- ROOT PAIN
- NEUROLOGIC DEFICIT
- COMPRESSIVE RADICULOPATHY
- COMPRESSIVE MYELOPATHY
- ELICITING HISTORY
  - Past History
  - Family History
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY (TABLE 15.5)
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION (TABLE 15.5)
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
PART II: SIGNS
16:Lumps and Swellings
- DEFINITIONS
- CLINICAL EVALUATION OF LUMPS
- ELICITING HISTORY
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
17:Ulcers
- DEFINITION
- PARTS OF ULCER
- CLINICAL EVALUATION OF ULCERS
- ELICITING HISTORY
  - Past History
  - Family History
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
  - General Examination
  - Systemic Examination
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
18:Sinuses and Fistulae
- DEFINITIONS
- EVALUATION OF SINUSES AND FISTULAE
- ELICITING HISTORY
  - Past History
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF SINUSES AND FISTULAE BY CLINICAL HISTORY
  - Clinical Examination
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES CAUSING SINUS AND FISTULA BY CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- INVESTIGATIONS
19:Intraoral Lesions
- DEFINITION
- CLINICAL EVALUATION OF INTRAORAL LESIONS
- ELICITING HISTORY
  - Past History
  - Personal History
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
20:Midline Neck Swellings
- DEFINITION
- CLINICAL EVALUATION OF MIDLINE NECK SWELLINGS
- ELICITING HISTORY
  - Past History
  - Family History
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION (TABLE 20.1)
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
- TREATMENT PLAN
21:Lateral Neck Swellings
- DEFINITION
- CLINICAL EVALUATION OF LATERAL NECK SWELLINGS
- ELICITING HISTORY
  - Past History
  - Family History
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
  - Examination of Other Regions
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION (TABLE 21.1)
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
- TREATMENT PLAN
22:Thyroid Swellings
- DEFINITION
- CLINICAL EVALUATION OF THYROID SWELLINGS
- ELICITING HISTORY
  - Past History
  - Family History
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY (TABLE 22.2)
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- EXAMINATION OF OTHER SYSTEMS
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION (TABLE 22.2)
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
- TREATMENT PLAN
23:Breast Lumps
- DEFINITION
- CLINICAL EVALUATION OF A BREAST LUMP
- ELICITING HISTORY
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION (TABLE 23.3)
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
- TREATMENT PLAN
- CONCLUSION
24:Obstructive Jaundice
- DEFINITION
- CLINICAL EVALUATION OF OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE
- ELICITING HISTORY
  - Past History
  - Family History
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY (TABLE 24.2)
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION (TABLE 24.2)
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
- TREATMENT PLAN
25:Intra-abdominal Lumps
- DEFINITION
- CLINICAL EVALUATION OF ABDOMINAL LUMPS
- PATHOLOGIES TO BE KEPT IN MIND BASED ON LOCATION OF THE LUMP
- ELICITING HISTORY
  - Past History
  - Family History
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY (TABLE 25.1)
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- MOVEMENTS OF THE ABDOMINAL WALL
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION (TABLE 25.1)
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
- TREATMENT PLAN
26:Acute Intestinal Obstruction
- DEFINITION
- INTRODUCTION
- CLINICAL EVALUATION OF INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION
- ELICITING HISTORY
  - Past History
  - Family History
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION (TABLE 26.3)
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
- TREATMENT PLAN
27:Groin swellings
- DEFINITION
- CLINICAL EVALUATION OF GROIN SWELLINGS
- ELICITING HISTORY
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY
- CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BY CLINICAL HISTORY AND EXAMINATION (TABLE 27.1)
- RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS
PART III: SPECIFIC CONDITIONS
28:Extra-abdominal Conditions
- 1. External angular dermoid
- 2. Post-auricular dermoid
- 3. Sebaceous cyst
- 4. Infected Sebaceous cyst (Low back)
- 5. Basal cell carcinoma
- 6. Pigmented basal cell carcinoma
- 7. Malignant melanoma
- 8. Seborrheic wart
- 9. Implantation dermoid
- 10. Simple ganglion
- 11. Furuncle
- 12. Capillary hemangioma
- 13. Cavernous hemangioma
- 14. Cirsoid hemangioma of scalp
- 15. Wart
- 16. Keratoacanthoma
- 17. Fibroma of skin
- 18. Multiple neurofibromata
- 19. Nevus
- 20. Papilloma of skin
- 21. Condyloma acuminata at the anus
- 22. Plexiform neurofibromata
- 23. Granuloma pyogenicum of finger
- 24. Callosity of hand
- 25. Cold abscess neck
- 26. Multiple lipomata of forearm
- 27. Large lipoma of neck
- 28. Malignant ulcer
- 29. Ischemic ulcers of toes
- 30. Venous ulcer of leg
- 31. Tropical ulcer of leg
- 32. Trophic ulcer right foot
- 33. Marjolin's ulcer of leg
- 34. Primary chancre
- 35. Chancroid (Soft sore)
- 36. Traumatic ulcer of foot
- 37. Tuberculous ulcer
- 38. Filarial scrotum
- 39. Hydrocele
- 40. Inguinoscrotal hernia
- 41. Sister Mary Joseph nodule
- 42. Umbilical hernia
- 43. Hemangioma of tongue
- 44. Benign parotid tumor
- 45. Malignant parotid tumor
- 46. Submandibular salivary gland
- 47. Submandibular salivary malignancy with hypoglossal nerve palsy
- 48. Ranula
- 49. Carotid body tumor
- 50. Enlarged supraclavicular node (Troisier's sign)
29:Intra-abdominal Conditions
- 1. ACUTE APPENDICITIS
  - Clinical Features
- 2. ACUTE CALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS
  - Clinical Features
- 3. ACUTE PANCREATITIS
  - Clinical Features
- 4. ACUTE DIVERTICULITIS
  - Clinical Features
- 5. ACUTE ULCERATIVE COLITIS
  - Clinical Features
- 6. ACUTE LIVER ABSCESS
  - Clinical Features
- 7. SUBPHRENIC ABSCESS
  - Clinical Features
- 8. ACUTE MESENTERIC ADENITIS
  - Clinical Features
- 9. ACUTE SALPINGITIS
  - Clinical Features
- 10. ACUTE INTUSSUSCEPTION
  - Clinical Features
- 11. RUPTURED ECTOPIC GESTATION
  - Clinical Features
- 12. TORSION OF OVARIAN CYST
  - Clinical Features
- 13. CHRONIC DUODENAL ULCER
  - Clinical Features
- 14. CHRONIC GASTRIC ULCER
  - Clinical Features
- 15. GASTRIC MALIGNANCY
  - Clinical Features
- 16. CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS
  - Clinical Features
- 17. CHRONIC PANCREATITIS
  - Clinical Features
- 18. PANCREATIC MALIGNANCY
  - Clinical Features
- 19. ABDOMINAL TUBERCULOSIS
  - Clinical Features
    - Symptoms
    - Differentiating investigations
- 20. CROHN's DISEASE
  - Clinical Features
    - Symptoms
    - Differentiating investigations
- 21. ULCERATIVE COLITIS
  - Clinical Features
- 22. COLONIC MALIGNANCY
  - Clinical Features
- 23. HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
  - Clinical Presentation
- 24. METASTATIC LIVER DISEASE
  - Clinical Features
- 25. MUCOCELE OF GALLBLADDER
  - Clinical Features
- 26. GALLBLADDER MALIGNANCY
  - Clinical Features
- 27. PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST
  - Clinical Features
- 28. AORTIC ANEURYSM
  - Clinical Features
- 29. RETROPERITONEAL LYMPHADENOPATHY
  - Clinical Features
- 30. RECTUS SHEATH HEMATOMA
  - Clinical Features
- 31. DESMOID TUMOR
  - Clinical Features
- 32. MESENTERIC CYST
  - Clinical Features
- 33. APPENDICULAR LUMP/ABSCESS
  - Clinical Features
- 34. ILEOPSOAS ABSCESS
  - Clinical Features
    - Symptoms and Signs
    - Differentiating investigations
- 35. PELVIC ABSCESS
  - Clinical Features

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