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

C = cancer
C = cancer - ... pulmonary abscess (TB ... , fungal, staph ... bronchogenic cyst #Diagnosis ... Mnemonic #Cavitary #Lesions
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Pulmonary fibrotic lesions ... infection (NTM) • Fungal ... cancer • Septic ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... stable residual lesion ... foreign body, cancer ... Prevotella • Fungal ... 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
Pulmonary fibrotic lesions ... infection (NTM) • Fungal ... cancer • Septic ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Management
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
the Great Lakes region ... presentation of TB ... , lung cancer, and ... #Blastomyces #diagnosis ... management #summary #fungal
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
yield of available diagnostic ... Focal pulmonary lesions ... chest CT in 6 to 12 ... The treatment of ... of lung cancer.
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
associated with cancers ... , including lung ... classic targetoid lesions ... endemic mycoses, TB ... #differential #diagnosis
Mycoses

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