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Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Mediastinal Widening - Differential ... Lymphadenopathy • Pericardial ... Pneumomediastinum, Pericardial ... effusionCXR ... #radiology
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Chronic Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Pericardial ... • Effusion ... Thickening/Masses Chest ... - Other • Anemia
On the left another patient with a large cardiac silhouette on the chest x-ray due to
silhouette on the chest ... effusion. ... Pericardial effusion ... CT-reconstruction #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
Dyspnea - Differential ... - Too slow • Pericardium ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... of Dyspnea: • Chest ... Hematology: - Anemia
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... dissection - SCAD • Pericardium ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... Diagnosis #Causes #Cardiology
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
)- Differential ... patients with pulmonary ... amyloidosis • Uremia ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #cardiology
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... - Pleural effusion ... #TB #Patterns #chest ... #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
right side of the chest ... since the heart or pericardial ... fat or effusion ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
reticularis Blood: Anemia ... Inflammation of pericardium ... pain, pleural effusion ... on CXR • RA inflammation ... interstitial lung disease/pulmonary
Pericardial effusion
Whenever we encounter a large heart figure, we should always be aware of the possibility
Pericardial effusion ... On the chest x-ray ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Pericardial #Effusion