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Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pneumonectomy • Trapped lung ... Noninfectious: • Malignancy ... #Effusion #Pulmonary
Split Pleura Sign on Chest CT
 • Contrast enhancement of the parietal and visceral pleura, separated
DDx: Empyema, malignant ... effusions, post-talc ... #Sign #CT #Lung ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
NONIATROGENIC • Malignancy ... metastatic spread: lung ... cancer, breast ... patients with pulmonary ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
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A solitary pulmonary nodule or
surrounded by lung ... atelectasis or pleural ... effusion. ... the chance of malignancy ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
effusion). ... severe diseased areas ... of the lung On ... #Clinical #Radiology ... AlveolarEdema #RadiologyAssistant
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
known or suspected malignant ... pleural effusion ... goals of assessing lung ... #Algorithm #Effusion ... #Pleural #Pulmonary
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
interventional radiology ... Hypercalcemia of malignancy ... renal failure, pulmonary ... opacities, SOB, pleural ... effusions - Treatment
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
a hematologic malignancy ... like idiopathic pulmonary ... consider drug-related lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... DrugRelated #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant