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Cavity Mnemonic for Cavitary Pulmonary Lesions:
C: cancer 
 - bronchogenic carcinoma: most frequently squamous cell carcinoma
Mnemonic for Cavitary Pulmonary ... SCC) - cavitary pulmonary ... A: autoimmune; granulomas ... bland and septic pulmonary ... abscess - pulmonary
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
A = autoimmune granulomas ... vascular - pulmonary ... infection - pulmonary ... - CPAM - pulmonary ... Differential #Lung #Pulmonary
Sarcoidosis 
Non-caseating granulomas (Composed of T-helper & inflammatory cells) 
Clinical:
 • Disease fatal in 10% of
Non-caseating granulomas ... polyarthritis • Pulmonary ... Symptoms #Signs #Pulmonary
Pulmonary Sarcoidosis - Staging

Stage 0 - NO SARCOIDOSIS
 • The patient presents with a normal x-ray.
Pulmonary Sarcoidosis ... is no sign of granulomas ... LYMPHADENOPATHY • Granulomas ... Stage Ill - PULMONARY ... INFILTRATES • Granulomas
Solid pulmonary nodules can represent various etiologies:
- benign granulomas
- focal scar
- intrapulmonary lymph nodes
- primary malignancies
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Solid pulmonary ... etiologies: - benign granulomas ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary
Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
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A solitary pulmonary nodule or
Solitary Pulmonary ... about Solitary Pulmonary ... Nodule A solitary pulmonary ... commonly benign granulomas
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
cells to form granulomas ... Recent infection • Pulmonary ... Response: • Granulomas ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... seeding • Caseating granulomas
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
cells to form granulomas ... Recent infection • Pulmonary ... Response: • Granulomas ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... seeding • Caseating granulomas
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
progressing GN • New pulmonary ... Polyangiitis: - No Granulomas ... glomerulonephritis and/or pulmonary ... rhinosinusitis, + Granulomas ... • GPA: - +Granulomas
Extrapulmonary manifestations of sarcoidosis.
a. Endobronchial cobblestones (a nodular appearance of the tracheal wall mucosa). 
b. Diffuse
of sarcoidosis granulomas ... a patient with pulmonary