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Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiologic: Contracted gall bladder in a non-fasting
Causes of Gallbladder ... failure, Liver cirrhosis ... adenocarcinoma, Metastases ... Diagnosis #radiology #POCUS ... #ultrasound
Causes of Hypercalcemia
Parathyroid gland structure-related
 • Primary hyperparathyroidism
 • Parathyroid adenoma
 • Parathyroid hyperplasia
 • Parathyroid
Causes of Hypercalcemia ... • Osteolytic metastases ... , renal, adrenal ... Non-small-cell lung ... cancer • Renal
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... - Osteoblastic metastasis ... - Alcoholism (cirrhosis ... (steatorrhea) Renal ... Tubulointerstitial renal
Adrenal Metastases on Renal POCUS
Pt complains of right flank pain, n/v. States feels like prior kidney
Adrenal Metastases ... on Renal POCUS ... Also has lung CA ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #cancer
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS) - Diagnostic Criteria
HRS-AKI (Acute: previously known as HRS Type 1)
 • ↑ Creatinine
in 3 months • Cirrhosis ... haematuria, Normal renal ... ultrasound HRS-NAKI ... - No other cause ... - No other cause
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
and Associated Lung ... Ultrasound Findings ... pleura in severe cases ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Bilateral B-Lines in case ... POCUS lung exam ... Lung POCUS shows ... Lung POCUS invaluable ... #ultrasound
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
Heart failure - Cirrhosis ... carcinoma of the lung ... Suppressed - Advanced renal ... Diagnosis #Table #Causes
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... , Osteoblastic metastasis ... intake: Alcoholism (cirrhosis ... steatorrhea) • Renal ... Tubulointerstitial renal
Cardiac metastasis of lung cancer (2D/3D TTE)

What is the most common type of cancer to metastasize
Cardiac metastasis ... of lung cancer ... Lung cancer 36% ... (>1/2 melanoma cases ... echocardiogram #pocus