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Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... could pinpoint the cause ... Also has pericardial ... effusion/pericardial ... diagnostic tap-fever
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset HFpEF.
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... could pinpoint the cause ... Also has pericardial ... effusion/pericardial ... one month ago-pt never
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive ... on her chest (photo ... Causes = RV failure ... restrictive CM, constrictive ... extra sound is a pericardial
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... Mediterranean Fever ... : Lung Cancer, Breast ... Lymphoma, Leukemia, Pericardial ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Anisocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Physiological - Simple Anisocoria ( <O.5mm)
 - Anisocoria equal
opthalmoplegia, Constriction ... Junction - No constriction ... • Tumor (Lung, Breast ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Causes of Acute ... Metastatic tumors: Breast ... Mediterranean fever ... granulomatosis Rheumatic fever ... #Causes #Pericarditis
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemorrhagic Pericardial ... : lung cancer, breast ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... Mediterranean fever ... #Hemorrhagic #Pericardial
Proptosis - Differential Diagnosis - Unilateral vs Bilateral
Unilateral:
 • Infections (can become bilateral with cavernous sinus
- Metastatic (breast ... • Diplopia • Fevers ... Unilateral #Bilateral #Causes ... #ophthalmology
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
has traveled to areas ... days and presents fever ... and no apparent focus ... pleural effusion, pericardial ... organs #dengue #fever
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
) ▪ Malaise, fever ... cavity and genital areas ... , anal or oral areas ... resembling rashes caused ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Photo