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Posterior Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurofibroma
 • Neurosarcoma
 • Neuroblastoma
 • Ganglioneuroma
 • Meningocele
Posterior Mediastinal ... Mass - Differential ... • Small cell lung ... #Mediastinal #Mass ... Diagnosis #pulmonary
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Mediastinal Mass:
 • Thymus (Thymoma, carcinoma, hyperplasia, cyst)
 • Lymphoma
 •
Mediastinal Mass ... Sarcoma, Metastatic Lung ... Posterior Mediastinal ... #Mass #Differential ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
- Differential ... anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary ... Atelectasis, Nodule / mass ... , Posterior mediastinal ... #Widening #Differential
Causes of Pediatric Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
CXR Abnormal:
 • Pulmonary Sequestration
 • Congenital Adenoid Cystic
Pediatric Wheezing - Differential ... Abnormal: • Pulmonary ... • Teratoma • Mediastinal ... Mass Relief With ... Fibrosis Wheeze With Feeding
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
of a cavitating lung ... mass. ... abscess (TB, fungal ... Cavitary #Lesions #Differential ... #Lung #Pulmonary
Pleural effusion + lung mass + abscess on POCUS

Image from Dr Oscar Diaz.

- Dr. Marco Umaña
Pleural effusion + lung ... mass + abscess ... on POCUS Image ... #mass #abscess ... #POCUS #Pulmonary
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
Retropharyngeal abscess ... Compression: Malignancy, Mediastinal ... mass, Vascular ... Peribronchial pulmonary ... Noisy #Breathing #differential
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung abscess ... Abscess Differential ... #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Massive Hemoptysis: >150-300 mL in 24h
Airway disease: 
 • Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Malignancy
Hemoptysis - Differential ... Necrotizing PNA, Abscess ... Postprocedural, Lung ... Nasopharyngeal bleeding ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
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A solitary pulmonary nodule or
surrounded by lung ... touch the hilum or mediastinum ... The differential ... the same as of a mass ... SolitaryPulmonaryNodule #Differential