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Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
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the surrounding lung ... or Langerhans cell ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #RadiologyAssistant
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
granulomas within the lungs ... renal failure Clinical ... are not caused ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... nodes: 13-15%, skin
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... Advanced HIV (CD4 cell ... Disease: Clinical ... (Symptoms, Imaging ... NTM #Infections #differential
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Constitutional symptoms ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... factor • May cause ... Infections #HIV #AIDS ... #pulmonary #differential
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
mid and lower lung ... included in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Chronic ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary symptoms ... has five major clinical ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... change in the lungs ... becomes a yeast cell