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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Cavitary Lung Disease ... Septic Emboli, Fungal ... Chronic (≥ 12 ... : TB, NTB, Fungal ... #Algorithm #lesion
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Diagnostic Schema Infectious ... Allergic, Post-infectious ... ILD Malignancy: Lung ... Atypical Infxn (fungal ... #Differential #Algorithm
Hemoptysis Differential Diagnosis Framework
Cardiovascular: Pulmonary embolism, Heart failure, Vasculitis, Valvular disease, Arteriovenous malformation
Pulmonary - Airway: Bronchitis,
Vasculitis, Valvular disease ... Parenchyma: Pneumonia, Lung ... Tuberculosis, Fungal ... infection, Paragonimiasis ... Differential #Diagnosis #algorithm
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Diagnosis Algorithm ... intersitial space Infection ... Pneumonitis - 4-12 ... after exposure, 6-12 ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... GI, lung, skin), ... eosinophilia) • Infectious ... ascariasis), Scabies, Fungi ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
Other causes: TB, fungal ... infection, HIV, ... or metastatic disease ... orthostatic or frank ... Insufficiency: Long-term
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Infections: - ... hematogenous spread - Fungal ... myelopathy - Vit B12 ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... differential #algorithm
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
duration is 6 to 12 ... extrapulmonary disease ... fumigatus, A. flavus ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs