DDx ⬇
- Myocardial infarction
- Pneumonia
- Pericarditis
- Congestive heart failure
- Pleuritis (pleurisy)
- Pneumothorax
- Pericardial tamponade
Related DDx ⬆ ⬇
Etiology ⬆
- Thromboembolism (most common)
- Fat embolism
- Air embolism
- Amniotic fluid embolism
- Septic embolism (eg, endocarditis)
- Tumor embolism (eg, renal cell carcinoma)
- Foreign-body embolism (eg, talc in IV drug use)
- Parasite egg embolism (schistosomiasis)