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Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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control of the infection ... Broncholithiasis - Clinical ... CT • Bronchoscopy ... Endobronchial Infection ... #pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... high-resolution chest ... obstructive • Bronchoscopy ... #differential #diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Other tests: • CT chest ... involvement • Bronchoscopy ... confirm DAH, r/o infection ... typically seen on chest ... #management #treatment
Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) on Bronchoscopy 
BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE is a technique used in bronchoscopy for several diagnostic
for several diagnostic ... concern (guided by chest ... — InfectionDiagnosing ... #clinical #video ... #pulmonary
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Milk • Food products ... • Nodular or ... fortuitum can produce ... Disease: Clinical ... • Dyspnea, • Chest
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
yield of available diagnostic ... with a repeat chest ... lung malignancy, clinical ... Management options ... Current bronchoscopy
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... aches, joint pain, chest ... dissemination occurs and produces ... , ocular, or disseminated ... #Management #Infections
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Still's Disease Clinical ... : • Infectious ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... • Ocular: uveitis ... #management #treatment
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
TTE +/- TEE) • Chest ... endocarditis w/ septic pulmonary ... for metastatic infection ... #criticalcare #diagnosis ... #management
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
Syphilis - Clinical ... → Ulcerates to produce ... Headache, meningitis, ocular ... Syphilis #stages #diagnosis ... #management #Treatment