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Gait Abnormalities

• Parkinsonism
• Degenerative joint disease (hips, back, knees)
• Multiple sclerosis (MS)
• Trauma, foot pain
• Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
• Cerebellar lesions
• Infections (tabes, encephalitis, meningitis)
• Sensory ataxia
• Dystonia, cerebral palsy, neuromuscular disorders
• Metabolic abnormalities

Galactorrhea

• Intraductal papilloma
• Breast cancer
• Paget’s disease of breast
• Breast abscess
• True galactorrhea
• Prolonged suckling
• Drugs (isonicotinic acid hydrazide [INH], phenothiazines, reserpine derivatives, amphetamines, spironolactone, tricyclic antidepressants)
• Major stressors (surgery, trauma)
• Hypothyroidism
• Pituitary tumors

Ganglia

• Lipoma
• Fibroma
• Epidermoid inclusion cyst
• Osteochondroma
• Hemangioma
• Infection (TB, fungi, secondary syphilis)
• Gout
• Rheumatoid nodule
• Radial artery aneurysm

Gardner’s Syndrome

• Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)
• Turcot’s syndrome
• Attenuated adenomatous polyposis coli
• Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
• Juvenile polyposis
• Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer
• Cowden syndrome

Gastric Cancer

• Gastric lymphoma (5% of gastric malignant neoplasms)
• Hypertrophic gastritis
• Peptic ulcer
• Reflux esophagitis
• Nonulcer dyspepsia

Gastric Emptying, Delayed1

MECHANICAL OBSTRUCTION

• Duodenal or pyloric channel ulcer
• Pyloric stricture
• Tumor of the distal stomach

FUNCTIONAL OBSTRUCTION (GASTROPARESIS)

• Drugs: anticholinergics, β-adrenergics, opiates
• Electrolyte imbalance: hypokalemia, hypocalcemia, hypomagnesemia
• Metabolic disorders: diabetes mellitus (DM), hypoparathyroidism, hypothyroidism, pregnancy
• Vagotomy
• Viral infections
• Neuromuscular disorders (myotonic dystrophy, autonomic neuropathy, scleroderma, polymyositis)
• Gastric pacemaker (i.e., tachygastria)
• Brainstem tumors
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
• Psychiatric disorders: anorexia nervosa, psychogenic vomiting
• Idiopathic

Gastric Emptying, Rapid

• Pancreatic insufficiency
• Dumping syndrome
• Peptic ulcer
• Celiac disease
• Promotility agents
• Zollinger-Ellison disease

Gastritis

• Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
• Nonulcer dyspepsia
• Gastric lymphoma or carcinoma
• Pancreatitis
• Gastroparesis

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

• Peptic ulcer disease
• Unstable angina
• Esophagitis (from infections such as herpes, Candida), medication induced (doxycycline, potassium chloride)
• Esophageal spasm (nutcracker esophagus)
• Cancer of esophagus

Genital Discharge, Female12

• Physiologic discharge: cervical mucus, vaginal transudation, bacteria, squamous epithelial cells
• Individual variation
• Pregnancy
• Sexual response
• Menstrual cycle variation
• Infection
• Foreign body: tampon, cervical cap, other
• Neoplasm
• Fistula
• Intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD)
• Cervical ectropion
• Spermicide
• Nongenital causes: urinary incontinence, urinary tract fistula, Crohn’s disease, rectovaginal fistula

Genital Sores1

• Herpes genitalis
• Syphilis
• Chancroid
• Lymphogranuloma venereum
• Granuloma inguinale
• Condyloma acuminatum
• Neoplastic lesion
• Trauma

Giant Cell Arteritis

• Other vasculitic syndromes
• Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION)
• Transient ischemic attack (TIA), stroke
• Infections
• Occult neoplasm, multiple myeloma
• Primary amyloidosis

Giardiasis

• Other agents of infective diarrhea (e.g., amebae, Salmonella sp., Shigella sp., Staphylococcus aureus, Cryptosporidium)
• Noninfectious causes of malabsorption

Gilbert’s Disease

• Hemolytic anemia
• Liver disease (chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis)
• Crigler-Najjar syndrome

Gingivitis

• Gingival hyperplasia, which may be caused by long-term use of phenytoin or nifedipine
• Necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (NUG)
• Acute herpetic gingivostomatitis
• Aphthous stomatitis
• Chronic periodontal disease
• Desquamative gingivitis
• Gonococcal and streptococcal gingivostomatitis
• Oral candidiasis
• Ludwig’s angina
• HIV infection–associated idiopathic ulcerations

Glaucoma, Chronic Open-Angle

• Other optic neuropathies
• Secondary glaucoma from inflammation and steroid therapy
• Red eye differential
• Trauma
• Contact lens injury

Glaucoma, Primary Angle-Closure

• High pressure
• Optic nerve cupping
• Field loss
• Shallow chamber
• Open-angle glaucoma
• Conjunctivitis
• Corneal disease, keratitis
• Uveitis
• Scleritis
• Allergies
• Contact lens wearing with irritation

Glenohumeral Dislocation

• Rotator cuff rupture
• Frozen shoulder (posterior dislocation)
• Suprascapular nerve paralysis
• Anterior instability

Glomerulonephritis, Acute

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