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CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
CAVITY – a useful ... of a cavitating lung ... staph aureus) T = trauma ... #Lesions #Differential ... #Lung #Pulmonary
CAVITY Mnemonic for Causes of Cavitary Lung Lesions

C - Cancer (SCC, mets)
A - Autoimmune (GPA, RA)
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Lung Lesions ... Infarction T - Trauma ... bronchogenic cyst, pulmonary ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #Lesions #Differential
CT Lung Signs in Pulmonary Diseases - One Page Summary of Pulmonary Signs
 - Air Crescent
CT Lung Signs in ... Signet ring sign - Tram ... #Lung #Signs #Pulmonary ... Diseases #diagnosis #differential ... #radiology
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
lucencies within the lung ... , like cyst, cavity ... #CXR #Lucency #Differential ... #Cyst #Lung #Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Monod Sign on Chest CT
 • Air surrounding a fungal ball in a preexisting pulmonary cavity
Sign on Chest CT ... cavity • DDx: ... #Monod #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Injury • Trauma ... - Neurologic/ ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Respiratory Failure - Differential ... respiratory drive due to neurologic ... : Interstitial lung ... failure • There are gravity-dependent ... Failure #hypoxia #Differential
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
appearances of pulmonary ... Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... pneumonia • Cavitary ... #diseases #differential ... diagnosis #chestCT #radiology
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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throughout the lungs ... inhalational injury Differential ... #differential # ... diagnosis #pulmonary ... CXR #clinical #CT
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... • Nodular or cavitary ... Mimics TB with: Cavitary ... Imaging, high res CT ... NTM #Infections #differential