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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Cavitary Lung Disease ... Septic Emboli, Fungal ... Nocardia Chronic (≥ 12 ... Infections: TB, NTB, Fungal ... cancer, Metastatic
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Tamponade on POCUS

Parasternal long with some RV collapse explaining this cancer patient's
causing Tamponade on POCUS ... Parasternal long ... explaining this cancer ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #Clinical #PLAX
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... • Necrosis of lung ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... foreign body, cancer ... Prevotella • Fungal
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
inoculation • Clinical ... presentation of TB, lung ... cancer, and histoplasmosis ... Itraconazole 6-12 ... management #summary #fungal
Cardiac metastasis of lung cancer (2D/3D TTE)

What is the most common type of cancer to metastasize
metastasis of lung ... Lung cancer 36% ... (10%–12%) & hematologic ... Cardiac #metastasis #clinical ... echocardiogram #pocus
A patient with lung cancer and a curious left atrial mass on Echocardiogram

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD
A patient with lung ... cancer and a curious ... #lung #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... infection (NTM) • Fungal ... cancer • Septic ... emboli • Lung ... characteristic features Clinical
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... infection (NTM) • Fungal ... cancer • Septic ... emboli • Lung ... characteristic features Clinical
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... lymphoproliferative syndrome Clinical ... hematuria) • Frank ... cancer • Cervical ... cancer - immunosuppression
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
diameter are called lung ... chest CT in 6 to 12 ... associated with lung ... malignancy, clinical ... cancer. source