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Dyspnea - Considerations with Malignancy
Directly Malignancy Related:
 - Lymphangitic spread to lung
 - Malignant pleural effusion
Lymphangitic spread to lung ... Malignant pleural effusion ... - Malignant pericardial ... effusion - Lung ... metastases Treatment
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... Effusion - Differential ... - Metastatic: Lung ... #Effusion #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemorrhagic Pericardial ... Effusions (Hemopericardium ... metastatic spread: lung ... effusions are uncommon ... OTHER RARE CAUSES
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
of blood, pus, effusion ... inform clinical team ... indicated, start CPR ... thoracotomy is a better treatment ... to identify pericardial
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Nodule / mass • Masses ... Lymphadenopathy • Pericardial ... Pneumomediastinum, Pericardial ... effusionCXR
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
the chest the lung ... since the heart or pericardial ... fat or effusion ... This causes a density ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
infiltration damages tear ... Inflammation of pericardium ... pain, pleural effusion ... on CXR • RA inflammation ... tends to cause
Relevant Sonopathology of the Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) - Point of Care Ultrasound
 - Right Ventricular
the Parasternal Long ... Point of Care Ultrasound ... Hypertrophy - Pericardial ... Effusion - Dilated
Malignant Pleural Effusions
Malignant pleural effusion with atelectasis. Echo was ordered after chest x-ray to rule out
Malignant Pleural Effusions ... rule out a large pericardial ... effusion. ... #lung #clinical ... #pocus #ultrasound
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Ultrasound Findings ... Possible small plural effusion ... pleura in severe cases ... Possible bilateral effusion ... #POCUS #ultrasound