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

C = cancer
mnemonic for the causes ... cavitating lung mass ... C = cancer - ... bronchogenic cyst #Diagnosis ... Cavitary #Lesions #Differential
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Mediastinal Mass:
 • Thymus (Thymoma, carcinoma, hyperplasia, cyst)
 • Lymphoma
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- Differential ... Diagnosis Anterior ... Metastatic Lung Cancer ... Tumors • Vascular Mases ... Diagnosis #pulmonary
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Diagnosis • ... ex: duplicated SVC ... Atelectasis, Nodule / mass ... • Masses: Anterior ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
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A solitary pulmonary nodule or
The differential ... diagnosis of SPN ... the same as of a mass ... except that the chance ... and are called masses
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
BNP, troponin if concern ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... Goodpasture's cause ... Renal #Syndromes #differential ... #diagnosis #management
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
fraction < 20% Differential ... hemopathies, solid cancers ... Complications: MAS ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... #management #treatment
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
Hypertension Presence of pulmonary ... other obvious causes ... Transthoracic echocardiogram ... - Mechanism: causes ... #management #hepatology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
foreign body, cancer ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential # ... causes #management
Causes of Syncope

NEUROLOGICAL
 - CVA/Stroke
 - Cancer
 - Carotid Stenosis
 - Parkinson’s Disease
 - Psychosis
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Causes of Syncope ... CVA/Stroke - Cancer ... RESPIRATORY - Pulmonary ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
Anterior mediastinal mass ... X-ray (Mediastinal mass ... lymph node biopsy (diagnostic ... Immunohistochemical studies (to differentiate ... hematology #oncology #management