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Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
- Differential ... Pulmonary: Upper or middle ... Nodule / mass • Masses ... (Thymoma, Thyroid ... Diagnosis #pulmonary #radiology
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
- Differential ... (Aneurysm) Middle ... - Thymoma and ... The majority of thymomas ... • Middle Mediastinum
Mediastinal masses are discussed in more detail in Mediastinal masses.
Here is just a brief overview. #Diagnosis
Mediastinal masses ... are discussed in ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential # ... Table #Anterior #Middle
5 T’s Mnemonic for Causes of an Anterior Mediastinal Mass Differential Diagnosis

Thymus - Thymoma, Thymic Carcinoma.
s Mnemonic for Causes ... Mass Differential ... Thymomas are the ... #Mass #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
The table on the left is the overall table for mediastinal masses.
In the next paragraphs we
overall table for mediastinal ... Thymomas - Neurogenic ... #Mediastinal #Mass ... #Differential # ... Table #Anterior #Middle
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
Friedreich's Sign on Neck ... eponymous JVP findings are ... the underlying cause ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #Video #Cardiology
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
remote history of mediastinal ... evaluate her JVP (video ... Causes = RV failure ... #Clinical #Neck ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
Antecubital Vein examination to estimate JVP/CVP

In this video, the antecubital veins move between 

Below [RA +
CVP In this video ... But in rare cases ... (neck is inaccessible ... JVP #estimation #Clinical ... #Cardiology #VenousPressure
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
Giant A waves caused ... There are two clearly ... Giant #PHTN #JVP #Neck ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #Video #Cardiology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Clinical Picture ... Neck: “dropping ... proximal weakness, arms ... life-threatening Differential ... : Evaluate for thymoma