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Radial Fracture Due to Parathyroid Carcinoma- ...A plain radiograph of the left arm showed a diaphyseal
to Parathyroid Carcinoma ... He underwent parathyroidectomy ... have parathyroid carcinoma ... which is a rare cause ... year after the parathyroidectomy
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
mnemonic for the causes ... - bronchogenic carcinoma ... vascular - pulmonary ... infection - pulmonary ... - CPAM - pulmonary
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Massive Hemoptysis: >150-300 mL in 24h
Airway disease: 
 • Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Malignancy
(Bronchogenic carcinoma ... , Bronchial carcinoid ... Differential #Diagnosis #pulmonary ... #causes
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Airways: 
 • Bronchitis
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Malignancy: Primary bronchogenic CA, Endobronchial
CA, Bronchial carcinoid ... syndrome, Idiopathic pulmonary ... Differential #Diagnosis #pulmonary ... #causes
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Mediastinal Mass:
 • Thymus (Thymoma, carcinoma, hyperplasia, cyst)
 • Lymphoma
 •
Thymus (Thymoma, carcinoma ... choriocarcinoma, embryonal carcinoma ... Tumors • Vascular Mases ... Differential #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
e.g. small cell carcinoma ... hemorrhage) - Pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Table #Causes
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Heart Disease Pulmonary ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Ebstein's Anomaly • Carcinoid ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Classification of Jaundice
Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia (predominantly indirect bilirubin)
 • Increased bilirubin production (eg, hemolytic anemias, hemolytic reactions,
reactions, hematoma, pulmonary ... cholestasis, and some cases ... miscellaneous causes ... biliary atresia, carcinoma ... #differential #causes
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
sarcomas, and many carcinomas ... patients with pulmonary ... OTHER RARE CAUSES
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
lobar pneumonia caused ... bronchoalveolar carcinoma ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary