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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Cavitary Lung Disease ... abscess, Necrotizing Pneumonia ... Fungal, Parasitic, Viral ... disease • Autoimmunity ... #Disease #Diagnosis
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Diseases (ILD) ... Connective Tissue Disease ... disease (RB-ILD ... : Acute, Chronic ... #Diseases #ILD
Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Diseases - Pneumonia ... - Nodular - Acute ... Glass Opacity - Chronic ... #Diseases #Radiology ... #Patterns #Lung
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Disease - Differential ... Connective Tissue Disease ... disease (nonneoplastic ... , Beomycin • Acute ... #Diseases #ILD
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
In chronic disease ... - Lung neoplasms ... diseases like organizing ... disease that is ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Diagnosis Framework Disease ... angioinvasive disease ... Cytopenias VIRAL ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
• Rickettsial diseases ... • Crohn disease ... • Behcet disease ... Legionnaire's disease ... Non-Infectious Diseases
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Pleural effusion, Pneumonia ... Neuromuscular disease ... Glycogen storage disease ... Mitochondrial disease ... failure), Thyroid disease
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
to Eosinophilic Lung ... DiseasesAcute ... Eosinophilic Pneumonia ... cough, SOB • Chronic ... #Diseases #pulmonary
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
or chronic illness ... Lobar pneumonia ... nodular interstitial lung ... disease, that is ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology