Monday, 1 November 2010

Solitary Pulmonary Nodule Infectious Causes


Listed Infectious Causes (A to Z):
  • A - Actinomycosis, Aspergillosis
  • B - Blastomycosis
  • C - Coccidioidomycosis, Cryptococcosis
  • D - Dirofilaria
  • E - Echinococcosis
  • H - Histoplasmosis
  • L - Legionella, Lung abscess,
  • M - Mycetomas
  • N - Nocardia
  • P - Pneumocystis, Pseudallescheriasis
  • S - Septic embolism, Spherical pneumonia, Sporotrichosis
  • T - Tuberculosis (atypical or typical)
Image: Solitary Pulmonary Nodule on CT Scan (Arrowed).
Image Source: by Lourens Willekes, Cherif Boutros & Michael A. Goldfarb on Wikipedia (cc)
Tags: Actinomycosis - Aspergillosis - Blastomycosis - Coccidioidomycosis - Cryptococcosis - CT Scan - Dirofilaria - Echinococcosis - Histoplasmosis - Legionella - Lung abscess - Mycetoma - Nocardia - Pneumocystis - Pseudallescheriasis - Pulmonary Nodule - Septic embolism - Sporotrichosis - Tuberculosis