8 results
Primary Bone Tumors - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 

Metastatic - Most common tumour in adults
 - Breast
Primary Bone Tumors ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... in adults - Breast ... #Orthopedics #Causes ... #Oncology #Radiology
Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Elevated PTH (High or normal):
 • Primary Hyperparathyroidism
 • Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia
Low
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... or normal): • Primary ... renal, Bladder, Breast ... Hyperthyroid, Bony ... #causes #endocrinology
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
: lung cancer, breast ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... • PRIMARY Cardiac ... • AVM, HHT • Primary ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... Effusion - Differential ... : Lung Cancer, Breast ... • Malignant - Primary ... #cardiology
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
underlying cause ... interventional radiology ... , shortness of breath ... , shortness of breath ... , SOB, pleural effusions
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
blood smear or on bone ... crises • Blasts ... + distinctive primary ... Intracellular Urate ... Leukemia #Hematology #Oncology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
advising us to treat ... the primary cause ... dealing with the primary ... There is no “one ... clinica l#foamed #algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
advising us to treat ... the primary cause ... dealing with the primary ... There is no “one ... #diagnosis #algorithm