Gallstones (Cholelithiasis): Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Respiratory System (J00-J99).

  • Pulmonary embolism (synonyms: pulmonary thromboembolism; pulmonary artery embolism; pulmonary artery thromboembolism) – blockage of a blood vessel in the lungs usually with a thrombus (blood clot; blood clot).

Cardiovascular system (I00-I99)

  • Myocardial infarction (heart attack)

Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).

  • Intestinal infections, unspecified

Liver, gallbladder, and bile ducts-pancreas (pancreas) (K70-K77; K80-K87).

Mouth, esophagus (esophagus), stomach, and intestines (K00-K67; K90-K93).

  • Appendicitis (appendicitis).
  • Superior mesenteric artery syndrome (synonym: Wilkie syndrome) – rare condition in which the pars horizontalis of the duodenum (duodenum) is compressed by the ventral (anterior) superior mesenteric artery and the dorsal (posterior) abdominal aorta. Typical symptoms or complaints include an early feeling of fullness, nausea (nausea), recurrent (recurring) vomiting, postprandial (after meal) abdominal pain (abdominal pain), and involuntary weight loss.
  • Chronic inflammatory bowel disease such as Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis.
  • Colitis (inflammation of the colon)
  • Small intestinal obstruction – narrowing due to inflammation, tumor or foreign body.
  • Large intestinal obstruction – narrowing due to inflammation, tumor or foreign body.
  • Ileitis (inflammation of the small intestine)
  • Gastric infections, unspecified
  • Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
  • Irritable stomach
  • Duodenal ulcer (duodenal ulcer)
  • Ulcus ventriculi (gastric ulcer)

Neoplasms – tumor diseases (C00-D48)

  • Gastric carcinoma (stomach cancer)

Pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium (O00-O99).

  • Extrauterine pregnancy – pregnancy outside the uterus; extrauterine pregnancy is present in approximately 1% to 2% of all pregnancies: Tubalgravidity (ectopic pregnancy), Ovariangravidity (pregnancy in the ovary), Peritonealgravidity or Abdominalgravidity (pregnancy in the abdominal cavity), Cervicalgravidity (pregnancy in the cervix).

Symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified (R00-R99).

  • Uremia (occurrence of urinary substances in the blood above normal levels).

Genitourinary system (kidneys, urinary tract – reproductive organs) (N00-N99).

Injuries, poisonings, and other consequences of external causes (S00-T98).

  • Mechanical injuries, unspecified