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Algorithm for Suspected SVC Syndrome

SVC syndrome suspected: Facial/arm/neck edema, distended neck/chest veins, facial plethora, dyspnea, cough,
syndrome suspected: Facial ... /arm/neck edema, ... distended neck/ ... chest veins, facial ... Syndrome #Algorithm #diagnosis
Facial Swelling - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Facial Edema

Infectious:
	• Dental abscess
	• Ludwig's angina
	• Vincent's angina
	• Cellulitis
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Contact dermatitis (CD ... of the head and neck ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam
Cushing Syndrome - Likelihood Ratios of Physical Exam Findings
Moon facies LR +1.6
Central obesity LR +3.0
Generalized obesity
Findings Moon facies ... blue striae LR NS Edema ... #Ratios #LRs #PhysicalExam ... #diagnosis #endocrinology
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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What’s the diagnosis ... cardiomyopathy, severe TR ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... jvp #cardiology #neck
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
referred in for facial ... month following neck ... consistent with a diagnosis ... lesions within the neck ... ophthalmology #physicalexam
Orofacial Granulomatosis - Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Idiopathic OFG: isolated swelling of the lips, BX+ non-caseating granuloma
Melkersson-Rosenthal
Granulomatosis - Diagnosis ... syndrome: lip edema ... fissured tongue + facial ... have or develop CD ... Granulomatosis #Diagnosis
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
family history, PCKD ... pain involving neck ... distribution, eyelid edema ... postpartum #Diagnosis ... Killers #Lethal #Fatal
Oncologic Emergencies - Differential Diagnosis Framework

HEMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES:
Hyperviscosity Syndrome:
 • Spontaneous bleeding
 • Shortness of breath
- Differential Diagnosis ... Syndrome: • Facial ... edema • Cough ... paradoxus • Beck ... #differential #diagnosis
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Acromegaly - Diagnosis ... size, coarsening facial ... decade → peripheral/acral ... Mortality due to CVD ... mixed adenoma, ↓(TFT
Scleroderma Like Conditions - Differential Diagnosis
Eosinophilic Fasciitis:
 - Orange peel induration (peau d'orange) of proximal extremities
- Differential Diagnosis ... infiltrating the deep fascia ... shoulder girdle, and neck ... , upper trunk, neck ... #Differential #Diagnosis