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CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
cavitating lung mass ... C = cancer - ... most frequently SCC ... most frequently SCC ... Cavitary #Lesions #Differential
A patient with lung cancer and a curious left atrial mass on Echocardiogram

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD
patient with lung cancer ... a curious left atrial ... mass on Echocardiogram ... #metastasis #a4c ... #cancer #lung #
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Mediastinal Widening - Differential ... arteries, Venous or arterial ... ex: duplicated SVC ... Atelectasis, Nodule / mass ... Mediastinal #Widening #Differential
Patient risk stratification algorithm for the treatment of cancer-associated thrombosis.

Currently, edoxaban and rivaroxaban are the only
stratification algorithm ... randomized controlled trial ... thrombosis; PE = pulmonary ... heparin; BMI = body mass ... #Algorithm #Anticoagulation
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Disease Clinical triad ... fraction < 20% Differential ... hemopathies, solid cancers ... Complications: MAS ... hepatitis • Pulmonary
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
coagulopathy) • CBC w differential ... BNP, troponin if concern ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... blood retum in serial ... Renal #Syndromes #differential
Causes of Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac - Arrhythmia:
 • Tachyarrhythmia
 • Bradyarrhythmia
 • Supraventricular Tachycardia
Causes of Syncope - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Reduced Effective Arterial ... Blood Volume • Carotid