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A pragmatic approach to differential diagnosis gives rapid, reliable answers to these questions: Which diseases are likely? What causes them? What are the typical characteristics of these disorders? Do they correspond with the symptoms in question? How can the preliminary diagnosis be confirmed? Siegenthaler's new Differential Diagnosis in Internal Medicine guides the reader through the challenges of differential diagnosis across the spectrum of internal medicine. Practice-orientated learning: Identify and understand key symptoms Consider the whole patient in selecting possible diseases Evaluate, exclude or confirm possible diagnoses Make the correct diagnosis using an appropriate diagnostic procedure Professor Walter Siegenthaler brings decades of international experience in clinical practice, teaching and writing on internal medicine to this new book. The book also benefits from close cooperation with the leaders of the specialist internal medicine departments at the University Hospital Zrich, and of other institutions and disciplines. The generalist and specialist aspects of internal medicine are thereby brought together to enhance the approach to the patient. The book is directed at medical students, residents in most areas of medicine, practitioners of internal medicine, general practitioners, dermatologists, neurologists and rheumatologists and those involved with the basic subjects in medicine who wish to gain competence and knowledge in internal medicine. From Symptom to Diagnosis: Organized by functional system and symptom constellations Covers all fields of internal medicine plus special treatment of subjects dermatology, neurology and rheumatology Typical findings and signs for differentiation of all common, rare and even exotic diseases with pathophysiological background information Nearly 1000 stunning figures and many instructive table-format overviews and differential diagnostic algorithms Differential diagnostic evaluation of common laboratory test results, including step-by-step plans for further diagnosis Learn by tracing the path from symptom to diagnosis, just as the physician encounters the situation in practice! Table of Contents General Differential Diagnosis General Aspects of Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis Elements of the Differential Diagnosis Factors That Can Influence the Differential Diagnostic Thought Process Differential Diagnosis by Groups of Diseases History, Physical Examination, and Important Subjective Complaints Medical History Physical Examination The Asymptomatic Patient (Checkup) Important Subjective Complaints Skin and External Appearance Skin External Appearance Fever Fever General Remarks Fever without Localized Symptoms Fever with Associated Cardinal Symptoms Fever with Multiple Organ Involvement Fever in Autoimmune Diseases Fever in Immune Deficiencies Fever in Various Noninfectious Conditions Significance of Individual Findings for the Differentiation of Febrile States Head and Facial Pain and Neuralgia of the Head Area Introduction Symptomatic Headache Idiopathic Headache Neuralgia in the Head Region Atypical Facial Pain Chest Pain Pain Originating from the Heart Pain Originating from Diseases of the Large Vessels Pain Originating from the Pleura Intercostal Pain Pain Originating from Joints and the Vertebral Column Musculoskeletal Thoracic Pain Pain Originating from the Esophagus Other Causes for Thoracic Pain Abdominal Pain Acute Abdominal Pain Chronic or Recurring Abdominal Pain Neurogenic Arm and Leg Pain Introduction and Definitions Central Pain Syndromes (Brain, Spinal Cord) Radiculopathy Plexus Lesions, Polyneuropathy, and Mononeuropathy Algodystrophy Syndromes Differential Diagnosis of Unilateral Neurogenic Arm Pains Differential Diagnosis of Unilateral Neurogenic Leg Pains Differential Diagnosis of Bilateral Neurogenic Arm and/or Leg Pains Pain Due to Vascular Disease Arterial Disorders Microvascular Disease Diseases of the Veins Disorders of the Lymphatic Vessels Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) Restless Legs Sudeck Disease Pain in Joint Diseases Inflammatory Rheumatic Joint Disorders Degenerative Joint Disorders Soft Tissue Rheumatism Localized Bone Lesions Localized Bone Changes Generalized Bone Changes Generalized and Localized Edema Generalized Edema Localized Edema Hematological Symptoms Anemia Microcytic Hypochromic Anemia Macrocytic Normochromic Anemia Hyporegenerative Normochromic Normocytic Anemia Hemolytic Anemia Disorders of the Lymphatic System Hemopoietic Neoplasia Malignant Lymphomas Histiocytosis Reactive Lymphadenopathy and/or Splenomegaly Bleeding Diathesis and Thrombophilic Diathesis Bleeding Diathesis Thrombophilic Diathesis Microcirculatory Disorders Disorders of the Head and Neck Disorders of the Head and Neck Congenital Anomalies of the Neck Inflammatory Disorders of the Neck Neck Masses Salivary Gland Diseases Diseases of the Thyroid Gland Diseases of the Parathyroid Glands Pulmonary Symptoms Cough, Expectoration, and Shortness of Breath Cough Expectoration Dyspnea Pulmonary Opacities Infectious Pulmonary Infiltrates (Pneumonias) Noninfectious Pulmonary Infiltrates Eosinophilic Pulmonary Infiltrates Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease (DPLD)/Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary Nodules Cavernous and Cystic Lung Diseases Atelectasis Middle Lobe Syndrome Opacities in the Cardiophrenic Angle Enlargement of the Hilum Bilateral Hilar Enlargement Unilateral Lymph Node Enlargement Widening of the Mediastinum Cardiac Symptoms Dyspnea Due to Cardiovascular Diseases Differential Diagnostic Criteria Symptoms of Heart Failure and Other Cardiac Diseases Clinical Examination and Findings Diagnostic Studies Acute Heart Failure Chronic Heart Failure Causes of Heart Failure Cyanosis Hemoglobin Cyanosis Hemiglobin Cyanosis Pseudocyanosis Arrhythmias Differential Diagnosis of Arrhythmias Bradyarrhythmias Junctional Rhythms Extrasystoles Tachyarrhythmias Systemic Arterial Hypertension Diagnostic Management of Hypertension Primary (Idiopathic) Hypertension Secondary Hypertension Systemic Arterial Hypotension Primary (Idiopathic) Hypotension Secondary Hypotension Gastrointestinal Symptoms Jaundice General Differential Diagnosis of Jaundice Special Differential Diagnosis of Jaundice Dysphagia Structural Lesions Esophageal Motility Disorders Mucosal Disease (Odynophagia) Diarrhea Acute Diarrhea Chronic Diarrhea Constipation Acute Constipation Chronic Constipation Temporary Constipation Anorectal Dysfunction Megacolon and Megarectum Nephrologic Symptoms Abnormal Renal Function Symptoms and Signs of Altered Renal Function Differential Diagnosis of Pathologic Urine Findings Differential Diagnosis of Reduced Glomerular Filtration Rate Differential Diagnosis of Nephrologic Syndromes Water, Electrolyte, and Acid−Base Disorders Disorders of Sodium and Water Homeostasis Disorders of Potassium Homeostasis Disorders of Acid−Base Homeostasis Disorders of Calcium, Phosphate, and Magnesium Homeostasis Vertigo and Syncopal Conditions Medical History of the Vertigo Patient Differential Diagnosis of Oculomotor Disorders Physiologic Stimulus-Induced Vertigo Peripheral Vestibular Vertigo Central Vestibular Vertigo Diagnostic Evaluation of Syncope Cardiac Syncope Vascular Syncope Cerebral Syncope Coma and Other Disturbances of Consciousness Consciousness: Definition Coma with Primarily Cerebral Causes Psychogenic Coma Coma Due to Metabolic Disorders Intoxication-Induced Coma Hypersomnia and Excessive Tendency to Fall Asleep/Daytime Sleepiness Differential Diagnosis of Laboratory Test Results Introduction Laboratory Parameters Index