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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Nocardia Chronic (≥ 12 ... cancer, Metastatic ... #Algorithm #lesion ... #pulmonary #differential
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
of a cavitating lung ... C = cancer - ... abscess (TB, fungal ... bronchogenic cyst #Diagnosis ... Mnemonic #Cavitary #Lesions
Lung Nodule - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nodule on > 2 Years Without a Change in Size:
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... cancer • Metastases ... ("cannonball lesions ... Infection: • Fungal ... Algorithm #Causes #Pulmonary
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... residual lesion ... foreign body, cancer ... Prevotella • Fungal ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
the Great Lakes region ... presentation of TB, lung ... cancer, and histoplasmosis ... #Blastomyces #diagnosis ... management #summary #fungal
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
fibrotic lesions ... infection (NTM) • Fungal ... cancer • Septic ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
yield of available diagnostic ... lesions that are ... chest CT in 6 to 12 ... 70% to 90% for a diagnosis ... of lung cancer.
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
fibrotic lesions ... infection (NTM) • Fungal ... cancer • Septic ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis
Risk factors
Defining high- or low-risk is currently more difficult than it was in the old guideline.
Previously
smoking, history of lung ... cancer in a first-degree ... separate high-risk lesions ... #Diagnosis #Epidemiology ... #Radiology #Pulmonary
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
associated with cancers ... , including lung ... classic targetoid lesions ... Erythemas #comparison #table ... #differential #diagnosis