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Hypercalcemia - EKG Findings
Causes of Hypercalcemia 
• Malignancy 
• Milk-alkali syndrome 
• Vitamin D toxicity 
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toxicity • Paget's disease ... Immobilization • Granulomatous ... disease • Thiazide ... Electrocardiogram #Differential ... Causes #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Radiology • Miliary ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... Infiltrative / Granulomatous ... #Radiology #differential ... pulmonary #CXR #clinical
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
the apices thus granulomatous ... caused by a rigid chest ... pneumonia • Granulomatous ... #differential # ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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of Diffuse Lung Disease ... Vasculitides - Wegener granulomatosis ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonology #Differential ... Diffuse #Lung #Disease
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
very important to differentiate ... will limit the differential ... In chronic disease ... sometimes the granulomatous ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Lymphomatoid granulomatosis ... lymphoproliferative disease ... • Metastatic disease ... Lesions #Brain #differential ... diagnosis #causes #radiology
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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Honeycombing Most diseases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... LowAttenuation #Differential
Causes of Myocarditis
Infectious Etiologies:
 • Viral agents: Adenoviruses, Enteroviruses (coxsackievirus), Herpesviruses (human herpesvirus 6, Epstein—Barr virus),
cruzi (Chagas disease ... Inflammatory bowel disease ... cell myocarditis, Granulomatosis ... #Myocarditis #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest X-Ray
Tetralogy of Falot comprises four defects -
1. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
2.
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest ... Cyanotc Heart Diseases ... #XRay #CXR #clinical ... #radiology #peds ... #pediatrics #cardiology
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed hyperintensity of the cortical gyri of the frontal
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease ... #Clinical #Neuro ... #Radiology #MRI ... CreutzfeldJakob #NEJM