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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... decubitus - air ... seen • Chest CT ... westermani • Other: TB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
emboli • Lung abscess ... involvement - seeding ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Management
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
Notice the air-fluid ... is a possible diagnosis ... small airways leading ... to pulmonary cyst ... #Clinical #Radiology
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
emboli • Lung abscess ... involvement - seeding ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Management
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
suspected) - CT ... Simultaneous clotting and bleeding ... interventional radiology ... renal failure, pulmonary ... #HemeOnc #Diagnosis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
increase in CD4+ cells ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... , pulmonary infiltrates ... osteomyelitis, cutaneous abscesses
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... bloodstream - seeding ... Disease: Clinical ... Lung Disease: • Clinical ... Imaging, high res CT
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level.
The upper lobe is still attached to the chest wall
Notice the air-fluid ... is a possible diagnosis ... small airways leading ... to pulmonary cyst ... #Clinical #Radiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... is vital while lab ... causing hypovolemia needing ... algorithm #management #cardiology ... #treatment #table
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis- Computed tomography of the chest, reconstructed in the coronal plane at the level of the
intraparenchymal pulmonary ... Spindle cells coexpressing ... #clinical #Lymphangioleiomyomatosis ... #LAM #radiology ... #CT #wedge #biopsy