Question:
What is the differential dx of lung abscess?
Author: H KAnswer:
Typically dx by CXR (pulmonary infiltrate, with cavity (necrosis)) May be necrotizing infections, empyema with air-fluid level (hydropneumothorax), septic pulmonary emboli (infectious causes) Pulmonary embolism, vasculitis, neoplasm, broncheictasis, sarcoidosis, rheumatic nodule, foreign body aspiration (non-infectious causes)
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