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Confirmation that central line is placed on the venous side by visualizing echogenic air bubbles in
bubbles in right atrium ... Simply use the 5cc ... #criticalcare #S4C
Liver Mass Differential Diagnosis
Solid:
 • Benign: Hepatic Hemangioma, Focal nodular hyperplasia, Hepatocellular adenoma, Regenerative nodules
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• Malignant: HCC ... Cystadenocarcinoma, Primary SCC
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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SjS, SLE, DM, SSc ... , PM/SSc OS, MCTD ... pattern: - SSc ... , PBC/SSc OS ... pattern: - SSc
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome on Physical Exam

Prominent dilated collateral veins are seen bypassing the SVC obstruction

#SVC
bypassing the SVC ... obstruction #SVC ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video
Causes of SVC Syndrome - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Benign (15-40%): Thrombosis (aka catheter-associated), Goiter, Fibrosing
Causes of SVC Syndrome ... Malignant (60-85%): SCLC ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #SVC
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
3
of Scleroderma (SSc ... PAH (pulmonary arterial ... renal crisis (SRC ... #Scleroderma #SSc
Echocardiogram and POCUS Cardiology Windows and Anatomy
 • Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX)
 • Subcostal 4 Chamber
Subcostal 4 Chamber (S4C ... Apical 4 Chamber (A4C
Human Papillomavirus–Associated Oropharyngeal Squamous-Cell Carcinoma - Flexible nasolaryngoscopy showed an exophytic mass on the left base
Oropharyngeal #SCCa ... #SCC #HPV #Nasolaryngoscopy
Chronic SVC Stenosis with Caudal Blood Flow of Dilated Abdominal Veins

60 y/o hx of seizures &
Chronic SVC Stenosis ... collaterals - SVC ... cephalad (towards SVC ... stenosis of his SVC ... veins #Clinical #Video
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
most frequently SCC ... most frequently SCC