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Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Infection:
 • Helminthic: Loffler syndrome (Ascaris, hookworm, Strongyloides), Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (lymphatic
coccidioidomycosis), Allergic (ABPA ... , ABPM) Medications
Stages of ABPA
I - Acute Phase
II - Remission
III - Exacerbation
IV - Glucocorticoid-Dependent ABPA
V - End-Stage (fibrotic)
Stages of ABPA ... Glucocorticoid-Dependent ABPA ... End-Stage (fibrotic) ABPA ... #ABPA #Stages
Clinical spectrum of aspergillosis

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong 

#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Aspergillus #Aspergillosis #IA
Aspergillosis #IA #CPA #ABPA
On the left we see a chest film with a typical finger-in-glove shadow.
The HRCT shows focal
aspergillosis (ABPA ... #CXR #CTChest #ABPA
ABPA Working Group Criteria

#ABPA #allergic #bronchopulmonary #aspergillosis #diagnosis #Criteria
ABPA Working Group ... Criteria #ABPA
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
aspergillosis (ABPA ... ABPA is a hypersensitivity
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
CVID+++, HIV, ABPA
Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 • Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
bronchopulmonary (ABPA
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
Aspergillosis (ABPA ... Aspergillosis #ABPA
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
eosinophilia, ABPA