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Cavitary Lung Lesions - Differential
Infection - Malignancy - Rheumatologic - Other

- Dr. David Furfaro https://twitter.com/david_furfaro

#Cavitary #Cavity
Cavitary Lung Lesions ... Infection - Malignancy ... #Cavity #Lung # ... Lesions #Causes ... #Pulmonary
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
mnemonic for the causes ... of a cavitating lung ... embolus I = infection ... #Lesions #Differential ... #Lung #Pulmonary
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
since in many cases ... describe a chest X-ray ... #CXR #Lucency #Differential ... #Cyst #Lung #Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Pattern - Chest Radiology ... throughout the lungs ... #differential # ... diagnosis #pulmonary ... CXR #clinical #CT
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... • Diffuse Lung ... Infection ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
CAN YOU SEE ON CT ... Immunodeficiency 3) Infection ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #differential ... #causes
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... Nodular or cavitary ... Mimics TB with: Cavitary ... Imaging, high res CT ... #differential #
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... pneumonia • Cavitary ... tuberculosis Infectious ... #diseases #differential ... diagnosis #chestCT #radiology
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Most Common Causes ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... high-resolution chest CT ... #differential #
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Broncholithiasis - Differential ... Also known as: Lung ... Diagnosis: • Chest Xray ... bronchus • Chest CT ... Noninfectious Causes