Misdiagnosis of Stomach cancer

Alternative diagnoses list for Stomach cancer:

For a diagnosis of Stomach cancer, the following list of conditions have been mentioned in sources as possible alternative diagnoses to consider during the diagnostic process for Stomach cancer:

• Indigestion
• Stomach ulcer
• Stomach virus
• Benign gastric ulcer
• Benign polyp
• Gastric lymphoma
• Mntrier's disease
• Gastric carcinoid
• Leiomyoma
• Leiomyosarcoma
• Gastric epithelial polyp
• Adenomatous polyp
• Benign stromal tumour
• Pancreatic rest
• Gastric adenomcarcinoma
• Kaposi's sarcoma
• Gastric adenocarcinoma

Diseases for which Stomach cancer may be an alternative diagnosis

The other diseases for which Stomach cancer is listed as a possible alternative diagnosis in their lists include:

• Colorectal cancer
• Duodenal ulcer
• Gastric Ulcer
• Gastritis
• Indigestion
• Peptic Ulcer

Stomach cancer: Hidden Causes Misdiagnosed?

Causes of Stomach cancer may include these medical conditions:

• Diet
• Gastritis
• Intestinal metaplasia
• Helicobacter pylori infection
• High salt in the diet
• more causes...»

Rare Types of Stomach cancer:

• Diffuse-type gastric cancers
• Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer
• GIST tumours
• More rare types »

Stomach cancer Diagnosis: Book Excerpts

• Ask the following questions - ABDOMINAL PAIN, CHRONIC RECURRENT
• Ask the following questions - ABDOMINAL PAIN, ACUTE
• Differential Diagnosis - Abdominal Pain in Lower Quadrants
• Differential Diagnosis - Abdominal Pain in Upper Quadrants
• Differential Diagnosis - Abdominal Pain with Rebound Tenderness
• Differential Diagnosis - Abdominal Masses
• Differential Diagnosis - Abdominal Pain
• Differential Diagnosis - Abdominal Masses
• Approach to the Diagnosis - ABDOMINAL MASS, GENERALIZED
• Approach to the Diagnosis - ABDOMINAL PAIN, GENERALIZED
• History and physical examination - Abdominal distention
• History and physical examination - Abdominal mass
• History and physical examination
  - Abdominal pain
• Diagnostic methods - Introduction Malignant Neoplasms
• Diagnosis - Gastric cancer
• Diagnosis - Malignant spinal neoplasms
• History and physical examination - Abdominal distention
• History and physical examination - Abdominal mass
• History and physical examination - Abdominal pain
• History - Abdominal Pain
• Differential Overview - Chronic/Recurrent Abdominal Pain
• Differential Overview - Abdominal/Pelvic Mass
• Differential Overview - Acute Abdominal Pain
• Diagnosis - Gastric cancer
• History - Abdominal pain
• History - Abdominal distention
• History - Abdominal mass
• History - Abdominal pain
• Clinical Features and Diagnosis Acute Abdominal Pain - Abdominal Pain
• Clinical Features and Diagnosis - Abdominal Masses
• History and physical examination - Abdominal distention
• History and physical examination - Abdominal mass
• History and physical examination - Abdominal pain
• Approach to the Diagnosis - Abdominal Mass, Generalized
• Approach to the Diagnosis - Abdominal Pain, Generalized

Stomach cancer: Medical Mistakes

Related medical mistakes may include:

• Cancer Health Mistakes:
  • Cancer (All) -- Health Mistakes
  • Breast Cancer -- Health Mistakes
  • Colorectal Cancer -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Stomach cancer: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed conditions in related areas may include:

• Chronic Digestive Disorders that can remain Undiagnosed:
  • Crohn's Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Ulcerative Colitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Celiac Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Heartburn -- Undiagnosed
  • GERD -- Undiagnosed
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Carcinoid Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Pancreatitis -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Discussion of diagnosis/misdiagnosis of Stomach cancer:

Any of these symptoms may be caused by cancer or by other, less serious health problems, such as a stomach virus or an ulcer. Only a doctor can tell the cause. (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Stomach Cancer: NCI)

Common Misdiagnoses and Stomach cancer

Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed. The best known, irritable bowel syndrome, is over-diagnosed, whereas other causes that are less known may be overlooked or misdiagnosed: celiac disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis (both are called inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)), diabetic gastroparesis, diabetic diarrhea. Other possibilities include giardia, colon cancer, or other chronic infections.

Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance. The digestive system contains a variety of "good" bacteria that aid digestion, and they can decline for various reasons, leading to digestive symptoms such as diarrhea. The main treatment is to eat foods containing probiotics, typically yoghurt cultures. See intestinal imbalance and probiotics.

Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria, but can also kill the "good" bacteria in the gut. This leads to "digestive imbalance" where there are too few remaining "good" bacteria in the digestive system. The treatment is typically to use "probiotics", such as by eating yoghurt cultures containing more of the good bacteria. See digestive imbalance and probiotics.

Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning). In fact, it's more likely to be an infectious diarrheal illness (i.e. infectious diarrhea), that has been caught from another person. Such conditions may be transmitted via the fecal-oral route.

Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed (it can, of course, also fail to be diagnosed with fatal effect). One of the most common misdiagnosed is for children with mesenteric adenitis to be misdiagnosed as appendicitis. Fortunately, thus misdiagnosis is usually less serious than the reverse failure to diagnose appendicitis.

Spitz nevi misdiagnosed as dangerous melanoma skin cancer: One possible misdiagnosis to consider in lieu of melanoma is spitz nevi. See melanoma and spitz nevi.

Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of symptoms (see symptoms of celiac disease). A variety of other chronic digestive disorders tend to be diagnosed rather than this condition. See introduction to celiac disease or misdiagnosis of celiac disease.

Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases. Some of the better known possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon cancer, irritable bowel syndrome, or GERD. Other sometimes overlooked possibilities include Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, chronic appendicitis, Celiac disease, Carcinoid syndrome, gastroparesis, and others. See all types of chronic digestive diseases.

Stomach cancer: Rare Types

Rare types of medical disorders and diseases in related medical areas:

• Chronic Digestive Disorders -- Rare Types:
  • Crohn's Disease -- Rare Types
  • Ulcerative Colitis -- Rare Types
  • Celiac Disease -- Rare Types
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Rare Types
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • Carcinoid Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • Pancreatitis -- Rare Types
  • Gallstones -- Rare Types
  • Lactose Intolerance -- Rare Types
  • Peptic Ulcer -- Rare Types
  • Colon Cancer -- Rare Types
  • more ...»
• Women's Reproductive Health -- rare types of diseases:
  • Overactive Bladder Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • PCOS -- Rare Types
  • Chlamydia -- Rare Types
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease -- Rare Types
  • Cervical Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Breast Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Ovarian Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Von Willebrand Disease -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

General Misdiagnosis Articles

Read these general articles with an overview of misdiagnosis issues.

• Misdiagnosis Overview
• How Common is Misdiagnosis?
• Over-Diagnosed Diseases
• Under-Diagnosed Diseases
• Types of Misdiagnosis
• Wrong Type Misdiagnosis
• Why Does Misdiagnosis Occur?
• Difficult Diseases to Diagnose
• More premium medical articles ...

About misdiagnosis:

When checking for a misdiagnosis of Stomach cancer or confirming a diagnosis of Stomach cancer, it is useful to consider what other medical conditions might be possible misdiagnoses or other alternative conditions relevant to diagnosis. These alternate diagnoses of Stomach cancer may already have been considered by your doctor or may need to be considered as possible alternative diagnoses or candidates for misdiagnosis of Stomach cancer. For a general overview of misdiagnosis issues for all diseases, see Overview of Misdiagnosis.

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