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Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
dissection, Aortic ... anourysm, Enlarged ... Atelectasis, Nodule / mass ... • Masses: Anterior ... Middle mediastinal, Posterior
Causes of Low Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Intrinsic Spine: Lumbar strain, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Compression fracture,
Causes of Low Back ... Pain - Differential ... • Vascular - abdominal ... aortic aneurysm ... #primarycare #msk
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
- Differential ... aneurysm and aortic ... • Posterior Mediastinum ... of posterior mediastinal ... #Differential #
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... Pain Causes - Differential ... mass/organomegaly ... aortic aneurysms ... #Causes #Differential
AAA is defined as a localized balloon-like dilatation of the abdominal aorta greater than 3cm. Risk
mass, hypotension ... have claimed that POCUS ... wall defines an aneurysm ... #Abdominal #Ultrasound ... #AAA #Aortic #Aneurysm
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

A -
- Mnemonic and Differential ... A - Abdominal ... aortic aneurysm ... #Diagnosis #POCUS ... #Ultrasound #Assessment
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Causes of Polycythemia ... Erythrocytosis) - Differential ... Relative - Normal RBC Mass ... 90%, Abnormal Abdominal ... Ultrasound High
Organomegaly
 • Liver
 • Spleen
 • Kidneys (e. g. Cyst, Cystic Renal Cell Carcinoma, Hydronephrosis)
Neoplastic
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Colonic, Gastric ... • Vascular (Abdominal ... Aortic Aneurysm ... Pseudocyst #Abdominal ... #Mass #Differential
Ruptured AAA on POCUS

This clip is taken from a 60yo female who also has left hydronephrosis.
Ruptured AAA on POCUS ... wall posteriorly ... Ruptured #AAA #Abdominal ... #Aortic #Aneurysm ... #ultrasound #Vascular
AAA on POCUS 
The echo swirling suggests a very low pressure, almost venous. Pt without prior
Large pulsatile mass ... RJonesSonoEM #AAA #Abdominal ... #Aortic #Aneurysm ... #Aorta #POCUS # ... clinical #ultrasound