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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Cavitary Lung Disease ... Nocardia Chronic (≥ 12 ... cancer, Metastatic ... lung disease ... #Algorithm #lesion
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Coxiella burnetii • Fungal ... , Aspergillus, Blastomyces ... - Metastatic: Lung ... Cancer, Breast ... Cancer, Melanoma
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces ... the Great Lakes region ... presentation of TB, lung ... cancer, and histoplasmosis ... management #summary #fungal
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
stable residual lesion ... foreign body, cancer ... Prevotella • Fungal ... Aspergillosis - Blastomyces ... Abscess Differential
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Cord Disorders - Differential ... hematogenous spread - Fungal ... : Actinomyces, Blastomyces ... myelopathy - Vit B12 ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
papulosquamous lesions ... permanent alopecia Differential ... hematuria) • Frank ... cancer • Cervical ... cancer - immunosuppression
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Pain (Otalgia) - Differential ... infections (90%), Fungal ... subdural hematoma, lung ... cancer, central ... Hemoptysis • Loss of vision
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
associated with cancers ... , including lung ... acute Parvovirus B19 ... classic targetoid lesions ... comparison #table #differential
Mycoses

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