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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Lung Disease - Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... Emboli, Fungal Infection ... Algorithm #lesion #pulmonary ... #differential
Cervical Lymphadenopathy - Lymph Node Drainage
Preauricular nodes - Drain scalp, skin
 • Differential diagnosis: Scalp infections,
diagnosis: Scalp infections ... mycobacterial infection ... lymphomas, head and ... genitourinary tract, pulmonary ... carcinoma of the head and
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most pathogenic and ... likely to cause pulmonary ... Primary skin and ... , and catheter-related ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis #differential
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... Kerley B-lines and ... infection, ARDS ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Consolidation #Differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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Pulmonary Renal ... Syndromes and Mimics ... - Differential ... Kumfer @AnnKumfer #Pulmonary ... Syndromes #Mimics #Differential
Reversed Halo Sign - Infectious and Non-Infectious Differential Diagnosis
Definition: A focal rounded area of GGO surrounded
and Non-Infectious ... Differential Diagnosis ... organizing pneumonia, Pulmonary ... NonInfectious #Differential ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... • CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... CBC/diff, Blood and ... ID_fellows #Pulmonary ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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inhalational injury Differential ... Opacities: • Infectious ... Nocardia, zoonotic infections ... #differential # ... diagnosis #pulmonary
Cavity Mnemonic for Cavitary Pulmonary Lesions:
C: cancer 
 - bronchogenic carcinoma: most frequently squamous cell carcinoma
Mnemonic for Cavitary Pulmonary ... vascular (both bland and ... septic pulmonary ... emboli) I: infection ... Cavitary #Lesions #Differential
Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Infection:
 • Helminthic: Loffler syndrome (Ascaris, hookworm, Strongyloides), Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (lymphatic
Differential Diagnosis ... of Pulmonary Eosinophilia ... Infection: • ... ) Medications and ... #Differential #