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Dyspnea - Considerations with Malignancy
Directly Malignancy Related:
 - Lymphangitic spread to lung
 - Malignant pleural effusion
Lymphangitic spread to lung ... effusion - Lung ... - Conduction system ... NEJMcps1414168 #dyspnea #algorithm ... diagnosis #oncology #cancer
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
metastatic spread: lung ... cancer, breast ... cancer, lymphoma ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... HHT • Primary systemic
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... Pericardial ... • Effusion • Cardiac ... Myocardial • Systolic ... #Causes
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
ILD Malignancy: Lung ... Cancer, Mesothelioma ... Dz, Malignant effusion ... Schema #Acute #Chronic ... #Differential #Algorithm
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... Bronchitis • Chronic ... Emphysema • Cancer ... • Interstitial lung ... Pleura: • Pleural effusion
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... : • Pleural effusions ... Serositis: • Pleural/pericardial ... with Lupus: • Chronic ... cancer • Cervical
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
(cutaneous or systemic ... presenting with erythematous ... associated with cancers ... , including lung ... multiforme • Acute systemic
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
Chronic infections ... , interstitial lung ... cancer, inflammatory ... Systemic causes ... Transverse Linear
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
• Anti-TIF1 (cancer-associated ... • Pericarditis/Pericardial ... • Conduction system ... statins - probably caused ... muscular atrophy • Chronic