Sandbox:Trusha
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Trusha Tank, M.D.[2]
Diseases | Clinical manifestations | Para-clinical findings | Gold standard | Additional findings | ||||||||||
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Symptoms | Physical exam | |||||||||||||
Lab Findings | Radiology | Histopathology | ||||||||||||
Productive cough | Hemoptysis | Weight loss | Other | Percussion | Auscultation | CBC | Sputum analysis | Nodule | Nodule content | Other findings | ||||
Pulmonary Nodule(benign) | - | - | - |
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Fat in nodule
Calcification
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N/A | ↓ O2 Sat |
Pulmonary Nodule (malignant) | ++ | ++ | ++ |
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Sputum cytology
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Calcification
Cavity Ulceration |
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Biopsy and histopathological analysis | ↓ O2 Sat |
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Diseases | Cough/Sputum | Hemoptysis | Weight loss | Other symptoms | Percussion | Auscultation | CBC | Sputum analysis | Nodule | Content | Other findings | Histopathology | Gold standard | Additional findings |
Abscess | ++ | - | - |
(> 101' F) |
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Sputum analysis and culture
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Abscesses vary in size and are generally rounded in shape. The may contain only fluid or have a gas-fluid level. Typically there is surrounding consolidation, although with treatment the cavity will persist longer than consolidation.
The wall of the abscess is typically thick and the luminal surface irregular. Bronchial vessels and bronchi can be traced as far as the wall of the abscess, whereupon they are truncated. |
Clubbing of finger | ||||
Septic emboli | ||||||||||||||
Fungi | ||||||||||||||
Parasites | ||||||||||||||
Mycobacterial infections | ||||||||||||||
Chronic inflammatory conditions | ||||||||||||||
Diseases | Cough/Sputum | Cough/Sputum | Weight loss | Other symptoms | Percussion | Auscultation | CBC | Sputum analysis | Chest X-ray | CT scan | Other imaging | Histopathology | Gold standard | Additional findings |
Pulmonary AVMs | ||||||||||||||
Pneumoconioses | ||||||||||||||