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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Management and Surveillance

- Screening should be considered for more than just men
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm ... (AAA) Management ... Abdominal #Aortic #Aneurysm ... #AAA #Management ... #Aorta #Vascular
Pulsatile AAA on Abdominal Exam

A 66-year-old man presented with a 2-month history of abdominal bloating and
pulsatile abdominal mass ... a large aortic aneurysm ... #PhysicalExam #Aneurysm ... #Aortic #Aorta ... #Video #NJEM #vascular
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An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
An Algorithm for ... ring, aneurysm ... , Vascular ring, ... aneurysm • intraluminal ... Noisy #Breathing #differential
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
Lymphoma • Thoracic aorta ... (Aneurysm) Middle ... Bronchogenic tumor • Aneurysm ... include aortic aneurysm ... include aortic aneurysms
Sellar / Pituitary Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Adenoma - Primary Anterior Pituitary
 - Secreting
Sellar / Pituitary Mass ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Non-Adenomatous - Vascular ... • Aneurysm
Organomegaly
 • Liver
 • Spleen
 • Kidneys (e. g. Cyst, Cystic Renal Cell Carcinoma, Hydronephrosis)
Neoplastic
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Pulsatile • Vascular ... Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm ... #Abdominal #Mass ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
the wall of the aorta ... Thoracic aortic aneurysm ... Pulse deficit/differential ... Dissection #diagnosis #management ... #vascular
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
palpable abdominal mass ... • Should be on differential ... de novo between aorta ... or within the aorta ... #Summary #vascular
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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< 30 years - Aorta ... branches • GCA: - Aorta ... Thrombosis and arterial aneurysms ... aortitis, aortic aneurysm ... LFT • ESR • ANA
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
and diplopia) • Vascular ... coronary artery aneurysms ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Glucocorticoids 5-ASA ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management