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Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... Effusion - Differential ... : Lung Cancer, Breast ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #cardiology
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemorrhagic Pericardial ... Effusions (Hemopericardium ... : lung cancer, breast ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pericardial ... • Effusion • Cardiac ... Artery Disease • Stable ... #Causes
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
adenopathy and pleural effusion ... low attenuation areas ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Pattern #Comparison #Table
Malignant Pericardial Effusion on POCUS Echocardiogram

Which of the following is the most common etiology for this
Effusion on POCUS ... particularly lung, breast ... the most common cause ... the most common cause ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infarction • Stable ... • Pleural Effusion ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
skin (esp. over areas ... Inflammation of pericardium ... Pericarditis) -> Chest ... pain, pleural effusion ... inflammation tends to cause
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
terms to describe areas ... since in many cases ... we describe a chest ... is to describe areas ... #Differential #Table
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
are typically able ... advising us to treat ... the primary cause ... time for coronary perfusion ... clinica l#foamed #algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
are typically able ... advising us to treat ... the primary cause ... time for coronary perfusion ... #diagnosis #algorithm