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Small Bowel Obstruction
These images were recorded from an elderly lady with abdominal pain and vomiting. Small
these sonographic signs ... Other signs of SBO ... of bowel (Tanga sign ... Ireland #Clinical #Radiology ... #POCUS #AbdominalUS
Small Bowel Obstruction
Visualized here are dilated loops of bowel as a result of SBO. One can
as the "piano sign ... known as "tanga sign ... #POCUS #AbdominalUS ... #SBO #Obstruction ... #Piano #Tanga #Sign
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
arteritis (GCA) ... systemic sx + signs ... very remarkable w/differential ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Management
Air Bronchogram Sign on Chest CT
 • Patent airways surrounded by opacified lung
 • DDx: pna,
Air Bronchogram Sign ... , non-obstructive ... #Bronchogram #Sign ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
CT Angiogram Sign on Chest CT
 • Prominent pulm vessels traversing through an area of parenchymal
CT Angiogram Sign ... lymphoma, post-obstructive ... CTAngiogram #Angiogram #Sign ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
More Specific Signs ... Less Specific Signs ... Chest x-ray: signs ... acute HF → no signs ... identificaton of obstructive
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Vasculitides - Differential ... , obstructive pulmonary ... - GI tract: abdominal ... purpura: strong sign ... Supply gut -> abdominal
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
purpura: Strong sign ... Elevated ESR and CRP GCA ... develop in pts with GCA ... gut involvement, abdominal ... , obstructive pulmonary
Small Bowel Obstruction
67 y/o M with PMH colon cancer s/p resection and colostomy, multiple SBO managed
and increasing abdominal ... You do not see signs ... Medicine #Clinical #Radiology ... #POCUS #AbdominalUS ... #SBO #Obstruction
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
duodenum Clinical Signs ... , and palpable abdominal ... Not reliable, so ... • Should be on differential ... no matter how long