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Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... Behcet Syndrome • Malignant ... : Lung Cancer, Breast ... , Melanoma • Malignant ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Pericardial Effusion on EKG
 • Electrical alternans
 • Low voltage
 • Sinus tachycardia (suggests possibility of
Pericardial Effusion ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Pericardial ... Effusion #EKG #ECG #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemorrhagic Pericardial ... NONIATROGENIC • Malignancy ... : lung cancer, breast ... have to repeat if malignancy ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Malignant Pericardial Effusion on POCUS Echocardiogram

Which of the following is the most common etiology for this
Malignant Pericardial ... Resolution: Malignancy ... particularly lung, breast ... #Malignant #Pericardial ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology
Malignant Pericardial Effusion on POCUS

Stable vitals, mild shortness of breath, h/o metastatic breast CA, with obvious
Malignant Pericardial ... mild shortness of breath ... h/o metastatic breast ... jchristianfox #Pericardial ... #Effusion #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 ... #EBM #Radiology ... MalignancyRate #Rate #RadiologyAssistant
Since these risk factors are numerous and have different effects on the malignancy risk, it is
effects on the malignancy ... probability of malignancy ... Diagnosis #EBM #Radiology ... PulmonaryNodule #RadiologyAssistant
Hypercalcemia - EKG Findings
Causes of Hypercalcemia 
• Malignancy 
• Milk-alkali syndrome 
• Vitamin D toxicity 
•
Hypercalcemia • Malignancy ... Hypercalcemia #EKG #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... Causes #Diagnosis #Cardiology
On the left another patient with a large cardiac silhouette on the chest x-ray due to
chest x-ray due to pericardial ... Pericardial effusion ... CT-reconstruction #Clinical #Radiology ... #Cardiomegaly #Pericardial ... PericardialEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Oncologic Emergencies - Differential Diagnosis Framework

HEMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES:
Hyperviscosity Syndrome:
 • Spontaneous bleeding
 • Shortness of breath
• Shortness of breath ... EMERGENCIES:: Malignant ... (chest wall) Malignant ... Pericardial Effusion ... Hypercalcemia Of Malignancy