Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 β€’ Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Cavitary Lung Disease ... - Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... #Disease #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #lesion #pulmonary
Hemoptysis Differential Diagnosis Framework
Cardiovascular: Pulmonary embolism, Heart failure, Vasculitis, Valvular disease, Arteriovenous malformation
Pulmonary - Airway: Bronchitis,
Hemoptysis Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Vasculitis, Valvular disease ... Parenchyma: Pneumonia, Lung ... Tuberculosis, Fungal
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential Diagnosis
 β€’ Infections: Cerebral abscess (bacterial, fungal, parasitic), Neurocysticercosis, Tuberculoma, Cerebral
Diagnosis β€’ Infections ... abscess (bacterial, fungal ... Malignancy: Metastases (lung ... Demyelinating Disease ... #Diagnosis #neurology
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 β€’ Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 β€’ Treatment Related:
Known Cause - Differential ... Diagnosis Exposure ... Pneumonitis β€’ Treatment ... #lung #disease ... #pulmonary
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 β€’ No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
failure, COPD, Lung ... Infectious Diseases ... Infections #HIVAIDS #workup ... #diagnosis #evaluation ... #differential #
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 β€’ Morphology
 β€’ Geography, Reservoir and Mode
- Summary Sheet ... presentation of TB, lung ... #Blastomyces #diagnosis ... #management #summary ... #fungal
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Syndromes - OnePager Summary ... life-threatening diseases ... mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... sparing of the lung ... #treatment
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Massive Hemoptysis: >150-300 mL in 24h
Airway disease: 
 β€’ Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Malignancy
Hemoptysis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... in 24h Airway disease ... Ebola, Dengue), Fungal ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
involving both lungs ... Bacterial, TB, NTM, Fungal ... Rheumatologic/Autoimmune diseae ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #differential
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 β€’ Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Diseases β€’ Acute ... Infectious (Variable) - Fungal ... #Diseases #pulmonary ... #differential # ... diagnosis #comparison