21 results
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... • Indolent symptoms ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... #Abscess #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Clinical
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
Pulmonary Nodule ... Pulmonary nodules ... malignancy, clinical ... The treatment of ... of lung cancer.
Sarcoidosis 
Non-caseating granulomas (Composed of T-helper & inflammatory cells) 
Clinical:
 • Disease fatal in 10% of
inflammatory cells) Clinical ... exertion • Neurologic ... : Subcutaneous nodules ... #Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis ... #Symptoms #Signs
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
infections • Nodular ... Centrilobular nodules ... disease, alcohol, cancer ... Disease: Clinical ... • Clinical (Symptoms
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... degrees • Chills, night ... foreign body, cancer ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
nodules, asthma ... vasculitis, ulcers, nodules ... or serologies + symptoms ... sparing of the lung ... #management #treatment
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... centrilobular nodules ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... mycobacteria Treatment
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
starting amiodarone treatment ... nodules and masses ... gradually with symptoms ... • Reticular + Nodular ... Improvement in symptoms
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
cancer • Septic ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... DX relies on a high ... fungal stain of clinical ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs