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Breast lump
- Onset: when was it first detected
- How was it detected
- Site
- Estimated size
- Shape
- Consistency
- Painful or painless
- r/s with menses: size changes with menses?
- Progression: size remains static? Sudden
increase in size?
- Any occurrence of new lumps elsewhere (LN,
satellite nodules)
Hematuria
Lower urinary tract symptom
Obstructive jaundice
Right hypochondriac pain
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Dysphagia
- Onset
- Precipitating event
- Duration
- Timing: during initiation of swallowing? In the
middle of swallowing? (food stuck in middle of
chest)
- Pattern: persistent (mechanical causes),
intermittent (achalasia)
- Liquid or solid
- Painful or painless
- Progression: progressively worsening, change
from liquid to solid?
- Relieving factors
- Severity: frequent aspiration, malnutrition
Leg pain
Neck swelling
Per rectal bleeding
Ulcer/gangrene
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