Lung Mucoid Impaction (On Chest Imaging) Causes

Lung Mucoid Impaction Causes:

Generalised Airways Disease:

• Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
• Asthma
• Bronchocentric granulomatosis
• COPD
• Cystic fibrosis

Localised Airways Disease:

• Bronchogenic cyst
• Intralobular sequestration
• Obstructed bronchus - adenoma, bronchial atresia (congenital), bronchiolithiasis, carcinoma.

Tags: Adenoma - Aspergillosis - Asthma - Bronchial Atresia - Bronchiolithiasis - Bronchogenic Cyst - Carcinoma - COPD - Cystic Fibrosis - Mucoid Impaction
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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

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