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Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
- Differential ... arteries, Venous ... or arterial great ... , Posterior mediastinal ... #Widening #Differential
Posterior Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurofibroma
 • Neurosarcoma
 • Neuroblastoma
 • Ganglioneuroma
 • Meningocele
Posterior Mediastinal ... Mass - Differential ... #Mediastinal #Mass ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #pulmonary
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Mediastinal Mass:
 • Thymus (Thymoma, carcinoma, hyperplasia, cyst)
 • Lymphoma
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- Differential ... Vascular Mases Posterior ... #Mass #Differential ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary ... anterior #middle #posterior
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Broncholithiasis - Differential ... adjacent calcified mediastinal ... Calcification of mediastinal ... Broncholithiasis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
The azygoesophageal recess is the region inferior to the level of the azygos vein arch in
interface with the mediastinum ... vertebral column posteriorly ... Esophageal disease Left atrial ... cyst #Clinical #Anatomy
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Left Shunt - Anatomic ... Intracardiac, Pulmonary ... Gradient #alveolar #arterial ... #pulmonary #Hypoxia ... #hypoxemia #differential
On a chest film only the outer contours of the heart are seen.
In many cases we
Atrium - Most posterior ... blood from the pulmonary ... atrium. - Left atrial ... just below the pulmonary ... #Anatomy #Radiology
The table on the left is the overall table for mediastinal masses.
In the next paragraphs we
overall table for mediastinal ... masses #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Radiology #Mediastinal ... #Mass #Differential ... Anterior #Middle #Posterior
Metastatic Sarcoma causing Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS
This 50 yo man had an aggressive sarcoma with cardiac
with cardiac and pulmonary ... large fluid filled mediastinal ... PratsEM Distorted anatomy ... RVOT is pushed posteriorly