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Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... In these cases, ... with signs of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
COVID19 vs CHF on POCUS

Spot the difference. 2 pts presenting with nearly same symptoms. Left COVID
clustered with spared areas ... , pleural line shredded ... Irregularity of pleural ... lines due to other causes ... POCUS #Clinical #Lung
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... Effusion - Differential ... - Metastatic: Lung ... Cancer, Breast ... #cardiology
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions ... metastatic spread: lung ... cancer, breast ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
effusion (MPE) ... goals of assessing lung ... Physicians are not great ... #Effusions #MPE ... #Algorithm #Management
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... bilateral in 70% of cases ... of CHF. ... If pleural effusion ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
skin (esp. over areas ... friction rub audible Lungs ... effusion on CXR ... inflammation tends to cause ... interstitial lung
Primary Bone Tumors - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 

Metastatic - Most common tumour in adults
 - Breast
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... in adults - Breast ... - Thyroid - Lung ... #Orthopedics #Causes ... #Oncology #Radiology
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Algorithm - Approach ... plexus, or sclera), lungs ... pleuritic pain, pleural ... effusion), mouth ... Nephrocalcinosis causes
Malignant Pericardial Effusion on POCUS Echocardiogram

Which of the following is the most common etiology for this
(particularly lung ... , breast, melanoma ... the most common cause ... the most common cause ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology