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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... • Most common cause ... necrosis (7-14 days later ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... low attenuation (table ... is interstitial lung ... seen and in many cases
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Diagnosis and Screening ... Testing Common ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Screening #Workup ... #table
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
since in many cases ... visible wall #CXR ... #Lucency #Differential ... #Table #CavitaryLesion ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
failure, COPD, Lung ... /- High res CT chest ... Infections #HIVAIDS #workup ... #diagnosis #evaluation ... #differential #
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... to demonstrate bilateral ... titer, ACE level, CXR ... (to support a diagnosis ... #diagnosis #testing
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... granulomas within the lungs ... e.g. incidental CXR ... Self-limiting, chronic but stable ... dyspnea, cough, chest
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
cancers, including lung ... of the pustular material ... Erythemas #comparison #table ... #differential # ... diagnosis #dermatology