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== Differential Diagnosis ==
 
In alphabetical order: <ref>Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016</ref> <ref>Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:68 ISBN 140510368X</ref>
 
=== Dullness ===
*Foreign body
*[[Lobar pneumonia]]
*[[Lung abscess]]
*Lung tumor
*[[Pleural Effusion]]
*Pleural tumor
*[[Pulmonary edema]]
*Pulmonary infarction
*[[Tuberculosis]] infiltrate
*[[Tumor]]
 
=== Flatness ===
*Large [[Ddx:Pleural Effusion|Pleural Effusion]]
 
=== Resonance ===
*Chronic [[Bronchitis]]
 
=== Hyperresonance ===
*[[Emphysema]]
*[[Pneumothorax]]
*[[Status asthmaticus]]
 
=== Tympany ===
*Intestinal loop
*Large [[pneumothorax]]
*Lung caverns
*Lung cyst
 
==References==
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== See also ==
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*[[Clinical examination]]
*[[Inspection (medicine)]]
*[[Palpation]]
*[[Auscultation]]
*[[Pleximeter]]
 
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