​Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Pleuritic Chest Pain

​Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of  Pleuritic Chest Pain
• Subdiaphragmatic abscess
• Pulmonary: pneumothorax, hemothorax, embolism/infarction, pneumonia, empyema, neoplasm, bronchiectasis, pneumomediastinum, TB, carcinomatous effusion
• Psychoneurosis
• Pain originating from skin and musculoskeletal tissues: costochondritis, chest wall trauma, fractured rib, interstitial fibrositis, myositis, strain of pectoralis muscle, herpes zoster, soft tissues and bone tumors 
• GI: liver abscess, pancreatitis, esophageal rupture, Whipple’s disease with associated pericarditis or pleuritis
• Familial Mediterranean fever
• Collagen-vascular diseases with pleuritis
• Cardiac: pericarditis, postpericardiotomy/Dressler’s syndrome