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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm ... : TB, NTB, Fungal ... Parasitic, Viral • Malignancy ... : Primary lung cancer ... #lesion #pulmonary
Causes of Localized Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cervical:
 - Anterior
     • Infection
Posterior •TB ... , Mediastinum, Lungs ... , Breast) • Cancer ... • Cancer ... #Causes #Hematology
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
known or suspected malignant ... goals of assessing lung ... and relief of dyspnea ... the patient’s dyspnea ... Effusions #MPE #Algorithm
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... cancer • Septic ... emboli • Lung ... hemoptysis • Dyspnea ... tracheobronchial stenosis, malignancy
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... cancer • Septic ... emboli • Lung ... hemoptysis • Dyspnea ... tracheobronchial stenosis, malignancy
Lung Nodule - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nodule on > 2 Years Without a Change in Size:
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Solitary Nodule: • Malignant ... cancer • Metastases ... Breast, Testicle) Infection ... #Causes #Pulmonary
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... concerning for malignancy ... treatment • Malignancy ... : Metastatic cancer ... , TB, Acute bacterial
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... slowly progressive dyspnea ... leaking out of pulmonary ... intersitial space Infection ... Atypical” Pneumonia Malignancy
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... disease, alcohol, cancer ... Hematologic malignancy ... Weakness, • Dyspnea
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... pain, hemoptysis, dyspnea ... foreign body, cancer ... westermani • Other: TB ... #Abscess #pulmonary