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Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
- Differential Diagnosis ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... amyloidosis • Uremia ... induced • MCTD, Lupus ... #cardiology
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... Effusion - Differential ... Diagnosis Infectious ... Non-Infectious: • Rheumatologic ... #Causes #cardiology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
with leukopenia, anemia ... Liver function tests ... Activation #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hematology ... #Rheumatology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
systemic complaints- anemia ... the “Chewing gum test ... identifies 85 to 95% of cases ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... #Management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
too often, the knee-jerk ... treat the primary cause ... time for coronary perfusion ... may not be the case ... #diagnosis #management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
too often, the knee-jerk ... treat the primary cause ... time for coronary perfusion ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical
Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
3)
microangiopathic hemolytic anemia ... activation, ↓ perfusion ... • Refractory cases ... Renal #Crisis #rheumatology ... #management
Acute Recurrent Pericarditis
= recurrence of Acute Pericarditis (AP) after free interval >4-6 weeks without symptoms, >1/4
onset, Abundant effusion ... #Pericarditis #diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #rheumatology # ... cardiology