Lung Disease DDx Flashcards
Acute consolidation (4)
Pneumonia
Pulmonary hemorrhage
ARDS
Pulmonary edema (uncommon)
Chronic consolidation (3)
Organizing pneumonia
Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma
Acute ground glass (4)
Pulmonary edema
Pneumonia (atypical/viral/PCP)
Pulmonary hemorrhage
ARDS
Chronic ground glass (6)
Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma Organizing pneumonia Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia Idiopathic pneumonias Hypersensitivity pneumonitis Alveolar proteinosis
Central ground glass (4)
Pulmonary edema
Alveolar hemorrhage
PCP pneumonia
Alveolar proteinosis
Peripheral ground glass (4)
Organizing pneumonia
Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (upper lobe)
Atypical/viral pneumonia
Pulmonary edema (noncardiogenic)
Intralobular septal thickening, smooth (4)
Pulmonary edema
Alveolar proteinosis
Pulmonary hemorrhage
Atypical pneumonia
Intralobular septal thickening, nodular/irregular (2)
Lymphangitic carcinomatosis
Sarcoidosis
Crazy paving (7)
Alveolar proteinosis Pulmonary hemorrhage Organizing pneumonia PCP pneumonia Lipoid pneumonia ARDS/pulmonary edema Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma
Centrilobular nodules, infectious (3)
Endobronchial spread of TB Bronchopneumonia Atypical pneumonia (esp. mycoplasma)
Centrilobular nodules, inflammatory (5)
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis Hot tub lung (inhaled mycobacteria) RB-ILD (smokers) Diffuse panbronchiolitis Silicosis
Perilymphatic nodules (3)
Sarcoidosis
Pneumoconioses
Lymphangitic carcinomatosis
Random nodules (3)
Hematogenous metastases
Septic emboli (cavitary)
Langerhan’s cell histiocytosis (cysts)
Miliary nodules (3)
Disseminated TB
Disseminated fungal infection
Disseminated hematogenous metastases
Tree-in-bud nodules (4)
TB and atypical mycobacteria
Airway-invasive aspergillus
Bacterial pneumonia
Aspiration pneumonia