[Satellite manifestations of internal diseases]. / Manifestaciones satélites de las enfermedades internas.

AIMS: 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.

Manifestaciones satélites de las enfermedades internas / Satellite manifestations of internal diseases

Objetivos. Definir el concepto de manifestaciones satélites (MS) y determinar que número y tipos de ellas aparecen en las enfermedades de cada una de las subespecialidades de la Medicina Interna. Método: Se revisan 290 enfermedades en tratados de Medicina Interna y de especialidades y en cada una de ellas se describen los tipos de MS que presentan. Resultados: Las enfermedades respiratorias son las que mas MS presentan y las que menos las neurológicas. El tipo mas frecuente de MS es dermatológico. Las enfermedades que más variedad tienen de tipos de MS son las endocrinas. Analizando los porcentajes de cada tipo de MS en relación con el número de enfermedades de cada grupo, los mas altos son de MS dermatológicas en enfermedades cardiacas. Conclusiones: Las MS son un fenómeno muy frecuente en la clínica médica actual y expresan el carácter holístico de la enfermedad. Su conocimiento es imprescindible en la clínica internista y subespecializada, donde pueden suponer una ayuda diagnostica, aunque un mal conocimiento de su realidad pueden significar lo contrario

Aims: 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 subspecialities of the Internal Medicine. Methods: 290 diseases are reviewed in agreements of Internal Medicine and specialities 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 subspecialities, where they can suppose a help in the diagnoses, though a bad knowledge of his reality can mean the opposite