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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... level seen • Chest ... Clindamycin in case ... westermani • Other: TB ... #differential #causes
COVID-19 Chest CT - Case 4

Main aspects of the image: multiple opacities in the glass and
COVID-19 Chest CT ... - Case 4 Main ... periphery of two lungs ... COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #CTChest ... #CriticalCare #GroundGlass
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... Legionella: • Nausea ... factor • May cause ... infiltrates, mimicking TB ... reported in 100% of cases
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... • Infection: TB ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung
Here another case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
There is a mosaic pattern.
Some secundary lobules demonstrate ground-glass opacity due
Here another case ... opacity due to lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #Mosaic #GroundGlass
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... infections Lungs ... to NTM: Chronic lung ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... • Dyspnea, • Chest
COVID-19 Chest CT - Case 1

Main aspects of the image: multiple opacities in the glass and
COVID-19 Chest CT ... - Case 1 Main ... periphery of two lungs ... COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #CTChest ... #CriticalCare #GroundGlass
COVID-19 Chest CT - Case 2

Main aspects of the image: multiple opacities in the glass and
COVID-19 Chest CT ... - Case 2 Main ... periphery of two lungs ... COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #CTChest ... #CriticalCare #GroundGlass
COVID-19 Chest CT - Case 3

Main aspects of the image: multiple opacities in the glass and
COVID-19 Chest CT ... - Case 3 Main ... periphery of two lungs ... COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #CTChest ... #CriticalCare #GroundGlass
Ground-glass opacity is nonspecific, but highly significant finding since 60-80% of patients with ground-glass opacity on
potentially treatable lung ... 20-40% of the cases ... the lung disease ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #GroundGlass #GGO