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Medicine Emergency Clinical Scenario 21981c23

A 45-year-old smoker patient presents with sudden onset unrelenting chest pain with loss of peripheral pulses. Lung fields are clear and has normal air entry. First differential diagnosis is?

A
Mirizzi's syndrome
B
Acute aoic syndrome
C
Acute pericarditis
D
Spontaneous pneumothorax
High-Yield Explanation
Acute Aoic Syndrome- Chest pain + loss of peripheral pulses Mirizzi's syndrome - Common hepatic duct obstruction caused by extrinsic compression from an impacted stone in cystic duct or infundibulum of gall bladdder. Acute pericarditis Diffuse chest pain at rest for hours - days Radiation to left shoulder (Phrenic nerve involvement) Relief: - on sitting Pericardial friction rub heard on auscultation Spontaneous pneumothorax Absent air entry. Hyper resonant lung. More blackening. Decreased breath sounds.

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