[Satellite manifestations of internal diseases].
OBJECTIVE
Define the concept of satellite manifestations (SM) and to determine the number and types of them that appear in the diseases of each one of the subspecialties of the Internal Medicine.


METHODS
290 diseases are reviewed in agreements of Internal Medicine and specialties books and in each one are described the types of SM that they present.


RESULTS
The respiratory diseases are the group that more SM presents and the less one the neurological. The most frequent type of SM are dermatological. The diseases that have more variety of types of SM are the endocrinologicals. Analyzing the percentages of every type of SM in relation with the number of diseases of every group, the highest are the dermatological SM in cardiac diseases.


CONCLUSIONS
The SM are a very frequent phenomenon in the current medical practice and express the holistic character of the disease. His knowledge is indispensable in the internal medicine and subspecialties, where they can suppose a help in the diagnoses, though a bad knowledge of his reality can mean the opposite.
Portugal Fernández del Rivero
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Servicio de Psiquiatría, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid.
Portugal Alvarez
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del Castillo Rueda
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Recarte García-Andrade
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Casas González
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D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008511:Medicine; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D013030:Spain; D013038:Specialization