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Dyspnea - Considerations with Malignancy
Directly Malignancy Related:
 - Lymphangitic spread to lung
 - Malignant pleural effusion
Considerations with Malignancy ... Directly Malignancy ... spread to lung - Malignant ... pleural effusion - Malignant ... Therapy-related malignancy
Presentation of malignant disease in children 
Pre-school (<5 years old) 
 - Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Presentation of malignant ... Hodgkin lymphoma - Malignant ... tissue sarcomas #Malignancy ... #Presentation #Malignant
Size
A solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is defined as a single intraparenchymal lesion less than 3 cm
cm are usually malignant ... either benign or malignant ... the chance of malignancy ... size, none was malignant ... MalignancyRisk #Malignancy
Choice of anticoagulant for treatment of pulmonary embolism
 • Malignancy - LMWH
 • To avoid parenteral
pulmonary embolism • Malignancy ... - LMWH • To avoid ... coagulopathy - LMWH ... • Pregnancy - LMWH
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Vasculitis, ILD Malignancy ... Metastatic Dz, Malignant
Since these risk factors are numerous and have different effects on the malignancy risk, it is
effects on the malignancy ... probability of malignancy ... #Probability #Malginancy
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
• Burns Non malignant ... Non-hematologic malignancy
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
probability of malignancy ... be considered malignant ... probability of malignancy ... probability of malignancy ... A malignant nodule
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
 •
hemolysis (idiopathic, malignancy ... DIC, eclampsia, malignant
Treatment algorithm for VTE in Malignancy

(A) Suggested treatment algorithm for symptomatic and incidental DVT or PE
algorithm for VTE in Malignancy ... initiated after a LMWH ... ¥LMWH is currently ... anticoagulant; LMWH ... #DOAC #VTE #Malignancy