CHEST PAIN

NON-PLEURITIC

cardiac:

ischaemia / infarction

myocarditis

oesophageal:

spasm

rupture

oesophagitis

ulcer

neoplasm

achalasia

diverticulum

foreign body

referred:

gastric / duodenal:

hernia

tumour

peptic ulcer

biliary tree:

cholecystitis

cholelithiasis / impacted stone

neoplasms

pancreatic:

pancreatitis

neoplasms

chest wall pathology:

skin, including herpes zoster

breast lesions

'musculoskeletal' pain

pulmonary:

tumours

pneumonia

pulmonary embolism / infarction

other:

mediastinal tumours, eg. lymphoma, thymoma

atypical chest pain associated with mitral valve prolapse

dissecting aortic aneurysm

psychogenic

PLEURITIC

cardiac:

pericarditis

Dressler syndrome / post-pericardiotomy

pulmonary:

pneumothorax

pulmonary embolism / infarction

haemothorax

empyema

pneumonia / tuberculosis

tumours / malignant effusions

bronchiectasis

gastrointestinal:

liver abscess

pancreatitis

subdiaphragmatic abscess

Whipple's disease with pericarditis or pleurisy

skin / musculoskeletal system:

costochondritis

chest wall trauma / fractured rib

herpes zoster

myositis

'muscle strain'

soft tissue and bone tumours

other:

psychogenic

familial Mediterranean fever

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