28 results
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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Antinuclear Antibody Testing ... , PM/SSc OS, MCTD ... anti-Su/Ago • Golgi/polar ... Antinuclear #Antibody #Testing ... #differential #diagnosis
Pericarditis - Definition and Diagnostic Criteria
Acute Pericarditis 
 • Inflammatory pericardial syndrome to be diagnosed with
Definition and Diagnostic ... syndrome to be diagnosed ... : Pericarditis lasting ... : Pericarditis lasting ... #Pericarditis #diagnosis
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Valentine's day.  Shot through the heart--but not by Cupid.
Pericardial window ... Diagnosis? ... small amount of pericardial ... Echocardiogram #S4C ... cardiology #ultrasound #Pericardial
Bicornuate Pregnancy on Transabdominal Pelvic Ultrasound

An 18yo female presents with vaginal bleeding. What is your diagnosis?
RESOLUTION:
Bicornuate Pregnancy on Transabdominal ... What is your diagnosis ... plane, the yolk sac ... a gestational sac ... Bicornuate #Pregnancy #Transabdominal
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
- Differential Diagnosis ... ex: duplicated SVC ... Lymphadenopathy • Pericardial ... Pneumomediastinum, Pericardial ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
circumferential pericardial ... velocity of 9.5 cm/sec ... expiration not meeting ... diagnostic criteria ... Echocardiogram #a4c
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
3
of Scleroderma (SSc ... renal crisis (SRC ... #Scleroderma #SSc ... #rheumatology #diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #testing
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Trauma: Direct pericardial ... catheterization) Pericardial ... leakage into pericardial ... sac) Chylopericardium ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
you see on this SC ... Also has pericardial ... effusion/pericardial ... Had diagnostic tap-fever
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Chest Pain Diagnosis ... onset, severe, tearing ... on sitting up, Pericardial ... PCP #ChestPain #Diagnosis