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  1. Disease of mouth cavity and oesophagus:
    Stomatitis
    Dysphagia
    Achalasia of the cardia
    Hiatus hernia
    Oesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
    Carcinoma of oesophagus
  2. Gastritis
  3. Erosive or haemorrhagic gastritis
  4. Chronic gastritis
  5. Specific types of gastritis
  6. Peptic ulcer
    Acute peptic ulcer (Cushing's Ulcer)
    Chronic Peptic Ulcer
    Chronic Duodenal ulcer
    Chronic gastric ulcer
    Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (Gastrinoma, Z-E syndrome)
    Haematemesis and Malaena
    Gastric outlet obstruction (Pyloric obstruction)
    Gastric Carcinoma
  7. Disease of liver
    Hepatitis
    Viral hepatitis
    Acute type A hepatits (infectious hepatits, epidemic hepatits, short incubation hepatits)
    Acute type B hepatits (Serum hepatits, post transfusion hepatitis, long incubation hepatits)
    Chronic hepatits
    Cirrhosis of liver
    Acute Hepatic Failure
    Chronic Viral Hepatits
    Tumors of Liver:
    Hepatic carcinoma
    Regional Enteritis
    Abdominal tuberculosis
    Intestinal tuberculosis
  8. Tuberculous enteritis:
    Primary Tuberculous enterits (hypertrophic type)
    Secondary tuberculous enteritis (Ulcerative type)
    Malabsorption syndrome
    Coeliac Disease
    Tropical Sprue
  9. Diseases of large gut:
    Dysentery:
    Acute bacillary Dysentery (Shigellosis)
    Amoebiasis
    Acute amoebic dysentery
    Chronic amoebiasis
    Tropical liver abscess
    Ulcerative colitis
    Irratable bowel syndrome
  10. Megacolon:
    Hirschsprung's disease
    Idiopathic megacolon
    Acquired megacolon
  11. Disease of peritoneum
    Tuberculous Peritonitis
    Retroperitoneal fibrosis
  12. Disease of pancreas:
    Acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis
    Chronic pancreatitis
    Carcinoma of pancreas

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