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Internal medicine

The following list is an overview on subspecialties and needs to be sorted and explained. Entries on individual diseases and organs could be moved to specific articles and definitions added to this page

cardiology
coronary heart disease -- cardiac arrhythmias -- heart attack -- ischaemic heart disease -- more...

gastroenterology
oesophagus
achalasia -- Barrett's disease -- cancer of oesophagus[?] -- heart burn -- hiatus hernia -- reflux oesophagitis -- oesophageal pouch[?]
stomach
cancer of stomach[?] -- gastric ulcer -- Helicobacter pylori
small bowel[?]
giardia -- coeliac disease -- Crohn's disease -- lymphoma -- Meckel's diverticulum[?] -- malabsorption[?]
pancreas
carcinoma of pancreas[?] -- cystic fibrosis -- diabetes -- pancreatitis -- more...
vermiform appendix
appendicitis -- carcinoid tumour[?]
colon
colon cancer -- Crohn's disease -- diarrhea -- diverticulitis[?] -- infective colitis[?] -- ulcerative colitis -- more...

endocrinology
thyroid
hypothyroidism -- Graves disease[?] -- thyroid cancer -- thyroiditis[?] -- more...
parathyroid disease
hyperparathyroidism[?] -- hypoparathyroidism[?]
pituitary hormones
acromegaly -- pituitary tumours -- prolactinoma[?]
adrenal cortex
adrenal failure[?] -- Conn's syndrome[?] (mineralocorticoids) -- Cushing's disease[?] (cortisone)

infectious diseases -- tropical medicine[?]

haematology/oncology
blood
cancer

hepatology
liver
hepatocarcinoma[?] -- liver transplant[?] -- metastatic tumour[?] -- non-viral hepatitis[?] -- viral hepatitis[?] -- more...
gallbladder
cancer of gallbladder[?] -- cholecytitis[?] -- gallstones[?]

nephrology
glomerulonephritis[?] -- kidney stones[?] -- polycystic disease[?] -- pyelonephritis[?] -- renal carcinoma[?] -- renal dialysis[?] -- renal failure[?] -- test of renal function[?]

Pulmonology[?] or Respiratory medicine[?]
Respiratory system -- Lungs -- Asthma -- Chronic bronchitis[?] -- Lung cancer -- Pneumonia -- Bronchial asthma -- Chronic obstructive lung disease

rheumatology



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