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Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Tamponade on POCUS

Parasternal long with some RV collapse explaining this cancer patient's
Malignant Pericardial ... causing Tamponade on POCUS ... explaining this cancer ... #Effusion #Malignant ... #Cardiac #Tamponade
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Behcet Syndrome • Malignant ... , Breast Cancer, ... Melanoma • Malignant
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
- Differential Diagnosis ... NONIATROGENIC • Malignancy ... , breast cancer, ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... have to repeat if malignancy
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
thromboembolism → Cardiac ... trauma, active malignancy ... an established malignancy ... - No other workup ... #hematology #diagnosis
Oncologic Emergencies - Differential Diagnosis Framework

HEMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES:
Hyperviscosity Syndrome:
 • Spontaneous bleeding
 • Shortness of breath
EMERGENCIES:: Malignant ... (chest wall) Malignant ... Pericardial Effusion ... Hypercalcemia Of Malignancy ... #cancer
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... - Differential Diagnosis ... HEMODYNAMIC • Cardiac ... enlargement (benign or malignant ... fibrosis, cervical cancer
Cardiac metastasis of lung cancer (2D/3D TTE)

What is the most common type of cancer to metastasize
Cardiac metastasis ... to 39% of cardiac ... malignancies (10%–21%): malignant ... (>1/2 melanoma cases ... echocardiogram #pocus
Cardiac Masses - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Myxoma
 • Papillary Fibroelastoma
 • Rhabdomyoma
 • Fibroma
 •
Cardiac Masses - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Lipoma • Pericardial ... - Eustachian calce ... myxoma Most common malignant
Metastatic Sarcoma causing Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS
This 50 yo man had an aggressive sarcoma with cardiac
Tamponade on POCUS ... No pericardial effusion ... #Sarcoma #malignant ... #cancer #Cardiac ... #Tamponade #POCUS
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
intralobular bile ducts causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... of pregnancy, Cardiac ... - gallstone or malignancy ... #workup #hepatology