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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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