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Introduction: Chest symptoms

Further information about Chest symptoms is below, or review more specific information about these types of Chest symptoms: chest pain, chest deformity, Chest rash, Chest tingling/paresthesias, Chest numbness, Chest itch, Chest coldness, Chest bleeding or other types.

Chest pain is the best known chest symptom, because it is the classic symptom of a heart attack. However, there are numerous causes of chest pain, such as heartburn, reflux, GERD, $angina, etc. See also other types of chest symptoms such as shortness of breath, breathing symptoms, etc.

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Causes of Chest symptoms

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Causes of Types of Chest symptoms:

Review the causes of these more specific types of Chest symptoms:

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Chest symptoms: Multiple Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Chest symptoms, as listed in our database. Visit the Multiple Symptoms Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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Multiple Symptom Checker Combinations

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Chest symptoms

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Chest symptoms:

Diagnostic Guides for Chest symptoms

Medical Books Excerpts Read excerpts from published book sections related to Chest symptoms from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Chest symptoms. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Chest symptoms

Medical Books Excerpts
  • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms"
  • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
  • "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis"
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis"
  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis"
  • "Handbook of Diseases"
  • "Handbook of Diseases"
  • "Handbook of Diseases"
  • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series"
  • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series"
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
  • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Stories from Users for Chest symptoms

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Organs affected by Chest symptoms:

The list of organs typically affected by Chest symptoms may include, but is not limited to:

Detailed list of causes of Chest symptoms

The list below shows some of the causes of Chest symptoms mentioned in various sources:

See full list of 596 causes of Chest symptoms

How Common are these Causes of Chest symptoms?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Chest symptoms. Of the 596 causes of Chest symptoms that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 12 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 16 causes are "common" diseases
  • 9 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 7 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 33 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 544 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 596 causes of Chest symptoms

Conditions listing symptoms: Chest symptoms:

The following list of conditions have 'Chest symptoms' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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  • 18p minus syndrome ... sunken chest
  • 1q deletion ... broad chest
  • 3-M Syndrome ... breast bone deformity
  • 47 XYY syndrome ... sunken chest

    A

  • Accelerated silicosis ... chest pain
  • Achalasia ... chest pain
  • Achalasia, familial esophageal ... chest pain
  • Achalasia, primary ... chest pain
  • Achard syndrome ... concave chest
  • Achondrogenesis ... short ribs
  • Acid-Base Imbalance ... chest pain
  • Acinic cell carcinoma ... flank pain
  • Acro-pectoro-renal field defect ... absent chest muscle
  • Actinomycetales infection ... chest pain
  • Acute Bronchitis ... pressure behind breastbone, chest pain
  • Acute leukaemia of ambiguous lineage ... chest pain
  • Acute megacaryoblastic leukemia ... chest pain
  • Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 1 ... chest pain
  • Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 2 ... chest pain
  • Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 3 ... chest pain
  • Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 4 ... chest pain
  • Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 5 ... chest pain
  • Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 7 ... chest pain
  • Acute myelocytic leukemia ... chest pain
  • Acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndromes related to alkylating agent ... chest pain
  • Acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndromes related to topoisomerase type II inhibitor ... chest pain
  • Acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndromes, therapy related ... chest pain
  • Acute myeloid leukemia ... chest pain
  • Acute myeloid leukemia, adult ... chest pain
  • Acute Silicosis ... chest pain
  • Adducted thumb syndrome recessive form ... sunken chest
  • Adenocarcinoma of lung ... chest pain
  • Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar ... chest pain
  • Adenosine triphosphatase deficiency, anaemia due to ... chest pain
  • Adrenal adenoma, familial ... chest pain
  • Adrenal Cancer ... chest pain
  • Adrenal gland hyperfunction ... chest pain
  • Adrenal incidentaloma ... chest pain
  • Adrenal medulla neoplasm ... chest pain
  • Adult Panic-Anxiety Syndrome ... chest pain
  • Agenesis of the corpus callosum - mental retardation - coloboma - micrognathia ... sunken chest
  • Aicardi syndrome ... extra ribs
  • Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency ... barrel-shaped chest
  • Alveolar Hydatid Disease ... chest pain
  • Amastia, bilateral, with ureteral triplication and dysmorphism ... sunken chest
  • Amniotic Bands ... chest abnormalities
  • Amyloid cardiopathy ... angina
  • Anemia, Sideroblastic ... chest pain on exertion
  • Angina ... brief chest pain episodes, chest pain, chest tightness, chest discomfort
  • Angiofollicular ganglionic hyperplasia ... chest pain
  • Angiofollicular ganglionic hyperplasia - hyaline-vascular type ... chest pain
  • Angiofollicular lymph hyperplasia ... chest pressure, chest pain
  • Ankylostomiasis ... epigastric pain
  • Anophthalmia - megalocornea - cardiopathy - skeletal anomalies ... sunken chest
  • Anxiety attack ... chest pain
  • Aorta conditions ... Chest pain
  • Aortic aneurysm, familial thoracic 1 ... chest pain
  • Aortic aneurysm, familial thoracic 2 ... chest pain
  • Aortic aneurysm, familial thoracic 3 ... chest pain
  • Aortic aneurysm, familial thoracic 4 ... chest pain
  • Aortic aneurysm, familial thoracic 5 ... chest pain
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic ... chest pain
  • Aortic valve disease ... angina
  • Aortic valve stenosis ... chest pain, angina-type pain
  • Aortic valves stenosis of the child ... chest pain
  • Arteriosclerosis Obliterans ... chest pain
  • Arthritis-related enthesitis ... chest wall pain
  • Arthrogryposis - ophthalmoplegia - retinopathy ... sunken chest
  • Arthrogryposis - spinal muscular atrophy ... chest deformity
  • Asbestosis ... chest pain
  • Asthma ... chest tightness
  • Asthma, Exercise-Induced ... chest tightness, chest pain
  • Asthmatic Bronchitis ... chest tightness
  • Asymmetric septal hypertrophy ... chest discomfort
  • Atelosteogenesis, type 2 ... short ribs
  • Atheroma ... Chest pain
  • Atherosclerosis ... angina
  • Atrial Fibrillation ... chest pain
  • Atrial fibrillation, familial 1 ... chest pain
  • Atrial flutter ... chest pain
  • Atrial myxoma, familial ... chest pain
  • Austrian syndrome ... chest pain
  • Autoimmune Atherosclerosis ... Chest pain
  • Autoimmune Myocarditis ... chest pain, Chest discomfort
  • Autonomic Dysreflexia ... chest pain

    B

  • Bannayan-Zonana syndrome ... sunken chest
  • Barotrauma ... chest pain
  • Barrett's esophagus ... Chest pain
  • Becker nevus syndrome ... sunken chest, extra ribs
  • Beemer-Langer syndrome ... short ribs
  • Bergman syndrome ... chest pain, chest discomfort
  • Bernheim syndrome ... chest pain
  • Berylliosis ... chest pain in chronic cases with prolonged exposure
  • Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease ... chest pain
  • Bland-Garland-White syndrome ... chest pains
  • Blastomycosis ... pleuritic chest pain
  • Boerhaave syndrome ... chest pain
  • Bornholm disease ... rib muscle tenderness, chest pain
  • Boscherini-Galasso-Manca-Bitti syndrome ... chest pain
  • Bouillaud's syndrome ... chest pain
  • Bowing, congenital, short bones ... short ribs
  • Brachioskeletogenital syndrome ... sunken chest
  • Brachycephalofrontonasal dysplasia ... sunken chest
  • Brittle bone syndrome lethal type ... thin ribs
  • Bronchiolitis ... chest retractions
  • Bronchitis ... mild chest pain, chest pain
  • Bronchopulmonary dysplasia ... sucked-in ribs, chest (retraction)
  • Byssinosis ... chest tightness

    C

  • Calcific aortic disease with immunologic abnormalities, familial ... chest pain
  • Camptodactyly syndrome, Guadalajara type 1 ... sunken chest
  • Camptodactyly syndrome, Guadalajara type 2 ... sunken chest
  • Camptodactyly syndrome, Guadalajara type 3 ... sunken chest
  • Camptodactyly, tall stature, and hearing loss syndrome ... sunken chest
  • Camurati-Engelmann Disease ... changes in ribs
  • Carbon monoxide poisoning ... angina
  • Cardiac diverticulum ... chest pain
  • Cardiac hydatid cysts with intracavitary expansion ... chest pain
  • Cardiac malformation ... chest pain
  • Cardiac tamponade ... chest pain
  • Cardiac valvular dysplasia, X-linked ... chest pain
  • Cardiomyopathy - hypogonadism - metabolic anomalies ... chest pain
  • Cardiomyopathy - spherocytosis ... chest pain
  • Cardiomyopathy dilated 2A ... chest pain
  • Cardiomyopathy dilated 3B ... chest pain
  • Cardiomyopathy due to anthracyclines ... chest pain
  • Cardiomyopathy, familial dilated ... chest pain
  • Cardiospasm ... chest pain
  • Cartilage-hair hypoplasia-like syndrome ... prominent sternum
  • Catamenial pneumothorax ... severe chest pain
  • Celiac artery stenosis from compression by median arcuate ligament of diaphragm ... epigastric pain
  • Centronuclear myopathy, congenital ... thin ribs
  • Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosus ... angina
  • Chagas disease ... chest pain
  • Chest pain ... chest pain, chest discomfort
  • Chinese Restaurant Syndrome ... central chest pain
  • Chitayat-Moore-Del Bigio syndrome ... sunken chest
  • Cholesterol pneumonia ... chest pain
  • Chondroectodermal dysplasia ... short ribs
  • Chromosome 10, distal trisomy 10q ... sunken chest
  • Chromosome 10p deletion syndrome ... broad chest, sunken chest
  • Chromosome 12 ring syndrome ... sunken chest
  • Chromosome 13 trisomy syndrome ... thin ribs
  • Chromosome 19q, partial duplication ... barrel shaped chest
  • Chromosome 22 Ring ... thin ribs
  • Chromosome 3, Monosomy 3p2 ... sunken chest
  • Chromosome 7, monosomy 7q3 ... sunken chest
  • Chromosome 8 recombinant syndrome ... abnormal sternum
  • Chromosome 8p deletion syndrome ... barrel chest
  • Chromosome 8p duplication syndrome ... extra ribs
  • Chromosome 8q deletion syndrome ... broad chest
  • Chromosome 8q duplication syndrome ... extra ribs
  • Chronic berylliosis ... chest pain
  • Chronic Bronchitis ... mild chest pain
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ... chest pain
  • Chronic Kidney Disease ... chest pain
  • Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia ... chest pain
  • Cocaine abuse ... chest pain
  • Coccidioidomycosis ... chest pain
  • Coffin-Lowry syndrome ... unusual prominence of the breastbone (pectus carinatum)
  • Collapsed lung ... sudden severe lung pain
  • Collecting duct carcinoma ... flank pain
  • Common ventricle ... chest pain
  • Congenital aneurysms of the great vessels ... chest pain
  • Congenital SMA with arthrogryposis ... chest deformity
  • Copper toxicity ... epigastric pain
  • Cor pulmonale ... chest pains
  • Coronaro-cardiac fistula ... chest pain
  • Coronary heart disease ... angina
  • Cough ... Chest pain
  • Craniofrontonasal dysplasia ... chest abnormalities
  • Crohn's disease of the esophagus ... epigastric pain
  • Croup ... chest pain
  • Cryptococcosis ... chest pain
  • Cryptorchidism - arachnodactyly - mental retardation ... chest deformity
  • Cushing's syndrome ... rib fractures
  • Cystic Fibrosis ... persistent chest problems
  • Cystic Hygroma ... chest wall sac
  • Cytosine arabinose syndrome ... chest pain

    D

  • Da Costa syndrome ... chest pain
  • Deafness - lymphoedema - leukemia ... chest pain
  • Decompression sickness ... chest pain, chest tightness
  • Dental abscess ... chest swelling
  • Desbuquois dysplasia-like syndrome ... chest deformity
  • Dialyzer hypersensitivity syndrome ... chest pain
  • Diaphragmatic hernia, congenital ... barrel-shaped chest
  • Dilated cardiomyopathy ... chest pain
  • Dirofilaria immitis infection ... chest pain
  • Discoid lupus erythematosus ... trunk rash
  • Discontinuation syndrome ... chest pains
  • Dressler syndrome ... chest pain
  • Duodenal conditions ... Chest pain
  • Duodenal ulcer ... Pain below the ribs
  • Duodenitis ... Chest pain
  • Dwarfism - tall vertebrae ... thin ribs
  • Dwarfism - thin bones - multiple fractures ... thin ribs
  • Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen Syndrome ... barrel chest
  • Dysbarism ... chest pain
  • Dysharmonic skeletal maturation - muscular fiber disproportion ... sunken chest

    E

  • Ebola ... chest pain
  • Ectodermal dysplasia - mental retardation - CNS malformation ... sunken chest
  • EGE ... chest pain
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with periventricular heterotopia ... sunken chest
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, progeroid form ... sunken chest
  • Electrocution ... Chest pain
  • Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, X-linked ... chest pain
  • Emphysema ... barrel-chestedness
  • Endocardial fibroelastosis ... chest pain
  • Endodermal sinus tumor ... chest pain
  • Eng Strom syndrome ... sunken chest
  • Eosinophilic enteropathy, pattern III ... chest pain
  • Eosinophilic granuloma ... rib tumor
  • Epidermoid carcinoma ... chest pain
  • Epiglottis diseases ... Chest wall retraction
  • Erdheim-Chester syndrome ... chest pain
  • Esophagus diseases ... Chest pain
  • Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor ... chest pain

    F

  • Fabry's Disease ... angina
  • FACES syndrome ... sunken chest
  • Faciothoracogenital syndrome ... sunken chest
  • Familial atrial fibrillation ... chest pain
  • Familial dilated cardiomyopathy ... chest pain
  • Familial emphysema ... barrel-chestedness
  • Familial hyperlipoproteinemia ... angina
  • Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 1 ... chest discomfort
  • Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 10 ... chest discomfort
  • Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 2 ... chest discomfort
  • Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 3 ... chest discomfort
  • Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 4 ... chest discomfort
  • Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 6 ... chest discomfort
  • Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 7 ... chest discomfort
  • Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 8 ... chest discomfort
  • Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 9 ... chest discomfort
  • Familial Mediterranean fever ... chest wall tenderness
  • Fascioliasis ... epigastric pain
  • Fernhoff-Blackston-Oakley syndrome ... absent chest muscles
  • FG Syndrome ... abnormal sternum
  • FG syndrome 1 ... abnormal sternum
  • FG syndrome 2 ... abnormal sternum
  • FG syndrome 3 ... abnormal sternum
  • FG syndrome 4 ... abnormal sternum
  • FG syndrome 5 ... abnormal sternum
  • Fibrochondrogenesis ... thin ribs, short ribs
  • Fibrosing alveolitis ... chest pain
  • Filovirus ... Chest pain
  • Fine-Lubinsky syndrome ... chest abnormalities
  • Fisher (M.) syndrome ... chest tightness
  • Flea-borne diseases ... Chest pain
  • Francois dyscephalic syndrome ... thin ribs
  • Frank-Ter Haar syndrome ... sunken chest
  • Friedreich's ataxia ... chest pain
  • Frontometaphyseal dysplasia ... chest cage deformities

    G

  • Gastric lymphoma ... epigastric pain
  • Gastritis ... chest pain
  • Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease ... pain in the chest
  • Giant cell myocarditis ... chest pain
  • Glanders ... chest pain
  • Gnathostoma Infection ... chest discomfort
  • Golden-Lakin syndrome ... sunken chest
  • Goodpasture syndrome ... chest pain
  • Gracile bone dysplasia ... thin ribs

    H

  • Halitosis ... Chest pain
  • Hartnup Disease ... chest pain
  • Heart attack ... chest squeezing, chest fullness, chest pain, uncomfortable chest pressure, Chest discomfort, Upper body discomfort
  • Heart cancer ... angina
  • Heart conditions ... Chest pain
  • Heart disease ... angina, chest pain, chest pain, chest discomfort
  • Heart injury ... Chest pain
  • Heart valve diseases ... Chest pain
  • Heartburn ... chest pain, chest pain at the breastbone
  • Helicobacter pylori bacteria ... Epigastric pain
  • Heller-Döhle disease ... chest pain
  • Helminthiasis ... chest pain
  • Hemangiomatosis, familial pulmonary capillary ... chest pain
  • Hemothorax ... chest pain
  • Hip cancer ... pain on inspiration/expiration, rib fractures from minimal trauma, rib pain
  • Hirsutism ... increased chest hair
  • Histoplasmosis ... chest pains
  • Homocystinuria ... chest abnormalities, sunken chest
  • Homocystinuria syndrome ... sunken chest
  • Hydronephrosis congenital ... flank pain
  • Hyperadrenalism ... chest pain
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia type 3 ... angina
  • Hypertensive heart disease ... Chest pain
  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... chest pain, chest discomfort
  • Hyperventilation ... chest pain
  • Hypomelanosis of Ito ... sunken chest
  • Hypophosphatasia ... rib fractures, short ribs

    I

  • Iatrogenic pneumothorax ... Pleuritic chest pain
  • Ichthyosis-cheek-eyebrow syndrome ... chest deformity
  • Idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia ... chest pain
  • Idiopathic dilation cardiomyopathy ... chest pain
  • Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome ... chest pain
  • Incontinentia Pigmenti ... extra ribs
  • Infantile dysphagia ... chest discomfort
  • Infectious myocarditis ... chest pain
  • Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors ... chest pain
  • Inheritable disorders of connective tissue ... Sunken chest, Chest pain, Barrel chest
  • Intellectual deficit - multiple anomalies ... sunken chest
  • Interstitial lung disease ... abnormal chest sounds
  • Intestinal Conditions ... Chest pain
  • Intracranial aneurysms - multiple congenital anomaly ... sunken chest
  • Intrathoracic kidney - vertebral fusion ... extra ribs
  • Irritable bowel syndrome ... discomfort behind breastbone
  • Ischemic heart disease ... Chest pain

    J

  • Jacobs syndrome ... chest pain
  • Jaffe-Lichtenstein syndrome ... rib swelling, rib pain
  • Janbon syndrome ... epigastric pain
  • Jeune syndrome ... short ribs
  • Juvenile osteoporosis ... sunken chest

    K

  • Kaplan-Plauchu-Fitch syndrome ... sunken chest
  • Keratosis palmoplantaris - adenocarcinoma of the colon ... angina
  • Keutel syndrome ... calcification of rib cartilage
  • Kniest dysplasia ... barrel-shaped chest
  • Kosztolanyi syndrome ... sunken chest

    L

  • Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis ... chest pain
  • Lassa fever ... severe chest pain
  • Left ventricle-aorta tunnel ... chest pain
  • Legionnaires' disease ... chest pain
  • Lemierre's syndrome ... chest pain
  • LEOPARD Syndrome ... sunken chest
  • Lethal congenital contracture syndrome (LCCS) ... thin ribs
  • Lethal congenital contracture syndrome 1 ... thin ribs
  • Leukemia, Myeloid ... chest pain
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Aggressive-Phase ... chest pain
  • Lipoatrophy with diabetes, hepatic steatosis, cardiomyopathy, and leukomelanodermic papules ... sunken chest
  • Lipoproteinemia ... angina
  • Liver conditions ... Chest pain
  • Long QT syndrome type 10 ... angina
  • Long QT syndrome type 11 ... angina
  • Long QT syndrome type 2 ... angina
  • Long QT syndrome type 3 ... angina
  • Long QT syndrome type 4 ... angina
  • Long QT syndrome type 5 ... angina
  • Long QT syndrome type 6 ... angina
  • Long QT syndrome type 9 ... angina
  • Lumbar malsegmentation - short stature ... sunken chest
  • Lumbar malsegmentation, short stature and facial anomalies ... sunken chest
  • Lung cancer ... chronic chest pain, chest pain
  • Lung herniation - congenital defect of sternum ... chest swelling
  • Lupus ... Chest pain on deep breaths, intermittent abdominal pleuritic pain, chest pain from deep breaths
  • Lutz-Richner-Landolt syndrome ... barrel chest
  • Lymphangioleiomyomatosis ... chest pain
  • Lymphoblastic lymphoma ... chest pain
  • Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis ... chest pain
  • Lymphoma, Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue ... epigastric pain
  • Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis ... chest pain

    M

  • Malignant germ cell tumor ... chest pain
  • Marburg virus ... trunk rash, chest pain, chest pain
  • Marden-Walker Syndrome ... sunken chest
  • Marfan syndrome ... indented sternum, protruding sternum
  • Marfanoid - mental retardation syndrome autosomal ... sunken chest
  • Maternally inherited diabetes and deafness with cardiomyopathy ... chest pain
  • McDonough syndrome ... sunken chest
  • McKusick type metaphyseal chondrodysplasia ... prominent sternum
  • Meadows syndrome ... chest pain
  • Meconium aspiration syndrome ... protruding sternum, barrel-shaped chest
  • Mediastinal endodermal sinus tumors ... chest symptoms, chest pain
  • Mediastinitis ... epigastric pain, chest pain
  • Melioidosis ... chest pain
  • Melnick-Needles syndrome ... sunken chest
  • Mental retardation - coloboma - slimness ... sunken chest
  • Mental retardation, X-linked syndromic 14 ... chest deformities
  • Mental retardation, X-linked, Brooks type ... sunken chest
  • Mental retardation, X-linked, syndromic, due to JARID1C mutation ... sunken chest
  • Mercury poisoning ... chest pain
  • Mesothelioma ... chest pain
  • Metatrophic dysplasia ... chest deformity
  • Metatropic dwarfism ... short ribs
  • Methaemoglobinaemia ... Chest pain
  • Microcephaly - cervical spine fusion anomalies ... sunken chest
  • Mitral valve prolapse syndrome ... chest pain
  • Mitral valve prolapse, familial, autosomal dominant ... chest pain
  • Mitral-valve prolapse ... chest pain
  • Morquio syndrome ... prominent sternum
  • Morquio syndrome type A ... prominent sternum
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis type 6 ... prominent sternum
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis type 7 Sly syndrome ... prominent sternum
  • Mucormycosis ... flank pain
  • Multi-centric Castleman's Disease ... chest pain
  • Multicore disease ... chest deformities
  • Multifocal fibrosclerosis ... flank pain
  • Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2b ... sunken chest
  • Multiple Myeloma ... rib tumor, rib pain, chest pain
  • Multiple synostosis syndrome ... sunken chest
  • Mycobacterial infections ... Pleuritic chest pain
  • Mycoplasmal pneumonia ... chest pain
  • Myocarditis ... chest pain

    N

  • Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... abnormal contraction of chest muscles
  • Nephroblastomatosis - fetal ascites - macrosomia - wilms tumor ... defective sternum
  • Nephroblastomatosis, fetal ascites, macrosomia and Wilms tumor ... defective sternum
  • Nephrotic syndrome ... swollen chest
  • Neurofaciodigitorenal syndrome ... sunken chest
  • Neurofibromatosis-Noonan syndrome ... sunken chest
  • Nivelon-Nivelon-Mabille syndrome ... short ribs
  • Nocardiosis ... chest pain
  • Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, during pregnancy ... chest pain
  • Noonan Syndrome ... sunken chest
  • Noonan-like syndrome ... sunken chest

    O

  • Oculopalatocerebral syndrome ... sunken chest
  • OHSS ... chest pain
  • Oncocytoma, renal ... flank pain
  • Ossification anomalies - psychomotor development ... chest deformity
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, type VIII ... barrel-shaped chest
  • Osteopetrosis lethal ... chest deformity
  • Osteoporosis, severe - shortened long bones - white sclerae ... barrel-shaped chest
  • Oto-Palatal-digital syndrome ... thin ribs, chest deformity, concave chest
  • Oto-Palato-digital syndrome type 1 ... concave chest
  • Oto-palato-digital syndrome, type 2 ... thin ribs, chest deformity, sunken chest

    P

  • Pancreas conditions ... Chest pain
  • Panic attack ... Chest pressure, Chest pain, Chest discomfort
  • Panic disorder ... Chest pressure, Chest pain, Chest discomfort
  • Paracoccidioidomycosis ... chest pain
  • Paragonimiases - lung infection ... chest pain
  • Paragonimiasis ... chest pain
  • Pectus excavatum macrocephaly dysplastic nails ... sunken chest
  • Peptidic growth factors deficiency ... sunken chest
  • Pericarditis ... chest pain worse lying down, chest pain improves sitting up, chest pain, chest pain improves leaning forward, chest pain spreading to shoulders and neck
  • Perinatal hypophosphatasia ... chest deformities
  • Pernicious anemia ... chest pain
  • Pheochromocytoma ... angina, chest pain, chest pain
  • Pheochromocytoma as part of Neurofibromatosis ... chest pain
  • Pierre Robin sequence with pectus excavatum and rib and scapular anomalies ... sunken chest
  • Pilotto syndrome ... sunken chest
  • Platyspondylic lethal chondrodysplasia ... short ribs
  • Platyspondylic lethal skeletal dysplasia, Torrance type ... short ribs
  • Pleural cancer ... Chest pain
  • Pleurisy ... chest pain on movement, chest pain on coughing, mild chest pain, chest pain on breathing, severe chest pain, chest pain
  • Pleuropulmonary blastoma ... chest pain
  • Pneumococcal pneumonia ... Chest pains
  • Pneumoconiosis ... chest pain
  • Pneumonia ... Chest pain on breathing, chest pain
  • Pneumonia caused by serotype O11 Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ... chest pain
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial ... severe chest pain
  • Pneumonia, eosinophilic ... chest pain
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal ... severe chest pain
  • Pneumothorax ... sudden chest pain
  • Polyembryoma ... flank pain
  • Porphyria ... chest pain
  • Post-infectious myocarditis ... chest pain
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder ... chest pain
  • Postoperative pulmonary embolism ... Chest pain
  • Postoperative respiratory failure ... Chest tightness
  • Postpartum depression ... chest pains
  • Postpericardiotomy syndrome ... chest pain
  • Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome ... chest pain
  • Primary pulmonary hypertension ... angina, chest pain
  • Prinzmetal's variant angina ... chest pain
  • Progressive spinal muscular atrophy ... chest deformity
  • Proteus Syndrome ... coarse ribs
  • Pseudoxanthoma elasticum, forme fruste ... chest deformities, angina
  • Psoriasis ... trunk rash
  • Pterygium syndrome multiple dominant type ... sunken chest
  • Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis ... chest pain
  • Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula ... chest pain
  • Pulmonary embolism ... chest pain
  • Pulmonary embolus ... central chest pain
  • Pulmonary fibrosis ... Chest discomfort
  • Pulmonary heart disease ... Chest pain
  • Pulmonary hemangiomatosis ... chest pain
  • Pulmonary hypertension ... chest pain, chest discomfort
  • Pulmonary incompetence ... Chest pain
  • Pulmonary mucormycosis ... chest pain
  • Pulmonary supravalvular stenosis ... chest pain
  • Pulmonary valve disease ... Chest pain
  • Pulmonary valve stenosis ... angina, chest pain
  • Pulmonary zygomycosis ... chest pain
  • Pylephlebitis ... epigastric pain
  • Pyrosis ... burning sensation inside chest, chest pain

    Q

  • Q fever ... chest pain

    R

  • Reflux ... chest pain
  • Renal mucormycosis ... flank pain
  • Renal zygmycosis ... flank pain
  • Respiratory alkalosis ... chest pain
  • Respiratory conditions ... Chest pain
  • Respiratory distress syndrome, infant ... chest retractions
  • Respiratory failure ... Chest pain
  • Respiratory infections ... Chest pain
  • Respiratory system cancer ... Chest pain
  • Rheumatoid vasculitis ... chest pain
  • Rhizomelic dysplasia, scoliosis, and retinitis pigmentosa ... short ribs
  • Rhodococcus equi ... chest pain
  • Rib fracture ... Rib swelling, Rib bruising, Chest pain
  • Rib Tumor ... pain on inspiration/expiration, rib fractures from minimal trauma, rib pain
  • Romano-Ward syndrome ... angina

    S

  • Sandifer syndrome ... epigastric pain
  • Sarcoid ... chest pain
  • Sarcoidosis ... chest pain, chest tightness
  • Scabies ... lower abdominal rash
  • Schatzki ring ... chest pain
  • Schneckenbecken dysplasia ... short ribs
  • Secondary pulmonary hypertension ... chest pain
  • Seronegative spondyloarthropathy ... Pleuritic chest pain
  • Seven point syndrome ... chest deformities
  • Severe achondroplasia with developmental delay and acanthosis nigricans ... short ribs
  • Short rib - polydactyly syndrome ... short ribs
  • Short rib-polydactyly syndrome, Majewski type ... short ribs
  • Short rib-polydactyly syndrome, Saldino-Noonan type ... short ribs
  • Short ribs - craniosynostosis - polysyndactyly ... short ribs
  • Short stature, Brussels type ... short ribs
  • Shoulder and thorax deformity, congenital heart disease ... sunken chest
  • Shoulder girdle defect - mental retardation, familial ... absent chest muscles
  • Shwachman syndrome ... short ribs
  • Sickle Cell Anemia ... chest pain
  • Sickle cell crisis ... chest pain
  • Silicosiderosis ... chest pain
  • Silicosis ... chest pain
  • Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome ... sunken chest
  • Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome, type 1 (SGBS1) ... sunken chest
  • Skeletal dysplasia, San Diego type ... short ribs
  • Sphingolipidosis ... angina
  • Spinal muscular atrophy, type I, with congenital bone fractures ... sunken chest
  • Spleen conditions ... Chest pain
  • Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia with multiple dislocations ... broad chest
  • Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, hypotrichosis ... prominent sternum
  • Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia - brachydactyly and distinctive speech ... sunken chest
  • Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, congenita ... barrel chest
  • Spontaneous pneumothorax, familial type ... sudden chest pain
  • Sternal cleft ... sunken chest
  • Stomach Conditions ... Chest pain
  • Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome ... chest pain
  • Strongyloidiasis ... epigastric pain
  • Stuve-Wiedemann dysplasia ... thin ribs
  • Subaortic stenosis - short stature syndrome ... chest pain on exertion
  • Subpulmonary stenosis ... chest pain
  • Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndrome ... angina
  • Sulfatidosis juvenile, Austin type ... curvature of the breast bone
  • Supraventricular Tachycardia ... chest pain
  • Syncopal paroxysmal tachycardia ... chest pain
  • Syphilis ... rash on chest
  • Systemic Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis ... chest pain

    T

  • Tako-Tsubo syndrome ... chest pressure, chest pain
  • Thanatophoric dysplasia, type 1 ... short ribs
  • Thanatophoric dysplasia, type 2 ... short ribs
  • Thin ribs - tubular bones - dysmorphism ... thin ribs
  • Thoracic dysplasia - hydrocephalus syndrome ... short ribs
  • Thoracolimb dysplasia, Rivera type ... short ribs
  • Thoracopelvic dysostosis ... short ribs
  • Thrombocytopenia - Robin sequence ... sunken chest
  • Thymic epithelial tumor ... chest pain
  • Tietze's syndrome ... rib swelling, chest pain, chest tenderness
  • Transfusion Reaction ... Chest pain
  • Trigonocephaly - bifid nose - acral anomalies ... sunken chest
  • Trisomy 13 mosaicism ... thin ribs
  • Tuberculosis ... chest pain
  • Tuberculosis, pulmonary ... chest pain
  • Turner Syndrome ... broad chest
  • Type II Achondrogenesis-Hypochondrogenesis ... short ribs
  • Typhoid fever ... chest rash

    U

  • Uhl anomaly ... chest pain
  • Unusual facies, hypotonia, mental retardation and radioulnar synostosis ... sunken chest
  • Unusual facies, short webbed neck, mental retardation, short stature ... sunken chest
  • Urosepsis ... flank pain

    V

  • Valvular dysplasia of the child ... Chest pain
  • Vanadium toxicity ... chest pain
  • Vancomycin resistant enterococcal bacteremia ... Flank pain
  • Ventricular familial preexcitation syndrome ... Chest pain
  • Ventricular fibrillation, idiopathic ... Chest pain
  • Vertebral fracture ... Rib pain
  • Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers ... Chest pain
  • Vitamin D resistant rickets ... Prominent sternum
  • VLCAD deficiency ... Chest pain
  • Vocal cord dysfunction familial ... Chest tightness
  • Volume depletion ... Chest pain

    W

  • Wegener's granulomatosis ... Chest pain, chest discomfort
  • Weil's syndrome ... Chest pain
  • Weinstein Kliman Scully syndrome ... Chest pain
  • Wheezing ... Chest pain
  • Whipple's Disease ... chest pain
  • Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome ... Chest pain
  • Wolcott-Rallison syndrome ... Broad chest
  • Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome ... chest pain, chest tightness
  • Woods Black Norbury syndrome ... Chest pain
  • Worster Drought syndrome ... Chest pain

    X

  • X chromosome, monosomy Xp22 pter ... Broad chest
  • X chromosome, monosomy Xq28 ... Broad chest
  • X-linked agammaglobulinaemia ... Chest pain
  • Xanthine oxydase deficiency ... Flank pain
  • Xanthinuria ... Flank pain
  • Xanthomatosis cerebrotendinous ... Chest pain
  • Xiphoid syndrome ... chest pain, chest tenderness, chest discomfort
  • Xylosylprotein 4-beta-galactosyltransferase (XGPT) deficiency ... sunken chest

    Y

  • Yellow fever ... Chest pain

    Z

  • Zieve syndrome ... epigastric pain
  • Zimmerman-Laband syndrome ... Chest pain
  • Zollinger-Ellison syndrome ... Epigastric pain
  • Zori Stalker Williams syndrome ... Chest deformity
  • Zygomycosis ... flank pain

    Conditions listing complications: Chest symptoms:

    The following list of conditions have 'Chest symptoms' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    A

  • Anemia ... angina
  • Aneurysm of sinus of Valsalva ... chest pain
  • Asbestos poisoning ... chest cancers
  • Atherosclerosis ... angina

    C

  • Coronary heart disease ... angina

    E

  • Eisenmenger Syndrome ... angina

    G

  • Gastrointestinal bleeding ... Chest pain

    H

  • High Cholesterol ... angina
  • Hypertension ... angina

    I

  • Iron deficiency anemia ... angina

    L

  • Legionnaires' disease ... chest pains

    P

  • Porphyria ... chest pain

    S

  • Sickle Cell Anemia ... Acute chest syndrome, chest pain

    W

  • Whooping Cough ... broken rib

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  • Causes of Chest symptoms Based on Risk Factors

    This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Chest symptoms based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

  • Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
  • Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
  • Sexual activity - history of sexual behavior?

    Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Chest symptoms?

    Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Chest symptoms, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
    Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :

    Classifications of Chest symptoms:

    Subtypes of Chest symptoms:

    Chest pain (380 causes), Chest deformity (107 causes), Chest rash (1 cause), Chest tingling/paresthesias, Chest numbness, Chest itch, Chest coldness, Chest bleeding, Chest bruise, Chest spasm, Chest burning sensations, Chest lump, Chest blueness, Barrel chest (5 causes), Chest burning (1 cause), Chest expansion, asymmetrical, Chest paresthesia/ tingling, Chest tenderness (3 causes), Rib symptoms (56 causes), Acute chest pain, Chest burning sensation, Chest discomfort (25 causes), Chest pressure (17 causes), Chest tightness (11 causes), Chronic chest pain (1 cause), Pleuritic chest pain (5 causes), Flank pain (14 causes), Rib pain (5 causes), Epigastric pain (15 causes), Angina (29 causes), Rib itch, Rib swelling (3 causes), Rib bruise (1 cause), Rib rash, Pectus carinatum (45 causes), Pectus excavatum (15 causes)

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