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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

List of Causes of Necrotizing Pulmonary Infections

  • Traumas
  • Pulmonary contusion
  • Infectious Disorders (Specific Agent)
  • Infected organ & Abscesses
  • Granulomatous, Inflammatory Disorders
  • Neoplastic Disorders
  • Carcinoma lung squamous cell/large cell
  • Metastatic lung disease
  • Metastatic lung lymphatics/carcinoma
  • Pulmonary lymphoma
  • Arteriosclerotic Vascular Disorders
  • Poisoning (Specific Agent)
  • Anthracosilicosis
  • Silicosis
  • Silicotuberculosis


Differential Diagnosis

Necrotizing lung infections must be differentiated from other cavitary lung lesions.

Causes of

lung cavities

Differentiating Features Differentiating radiological findings Diagnosis

confirmation

  • CXR and CT demonstrates cavities in the upper lobe of the lung
  • Sputum smear positive for acid-fast bacilli and nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) is used on sputum or any sterile fluid for rapid diagnosis and is positive for mycobacteria.
  • Any age group
  • Acute, fulminant life threating complication of prior infection
  • >100.4 °F fever, with hemodynamic instability
  • Worsening pneumonia-like symptoms
  • CBC is positive for causative organism
  • Children and elderly are at risk
  • Empyema appears lenticular in shape and has a thin wall with smooth luminal margins
  • Pulmonary nodules with cavities and infiltrates are a frequent manifestation on CXR
  • Elderly females of 40-50 age group
  • Manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis
  • Presents with other systemic symptoms including symmetric arthritis of the small joints of the hands and feet with morning stiffness are common manifestations
  • Pulmonary nodules with cavitation are located in the upper lobe (Caplan syndrome) on X-ray
  • On CXR bilateral adenopathy and coarse reticular opacities are seen
  • CT of the chest demonstrates extensive hilar and mediastinal adenopathy
  • Additional findings on CT include fibrosis (honeycomb, linear, or associated with bronchial distortion), pleural thickening, and ground-glass opacities.[7]
  • Common appearance on CT is patchy consolidation,often accompanied by ground-glass opacities and nodules.[11]
  • Exclusively afflicts smokers, with a peak age of onset of between 20 and 40 years
  • Clinical presentation varies, but symptoms generally include months of dry cough, fever, night sweats, and weight loss
  • Skin is involved in 80% of the cases, scaly erythematous rash is typical
  • Thin-walled cystic cavities are the usual radiographic manifestation, observed in over 50% of patients by either CXR or CT scans.[13]
  • Biopsy of the lung

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