Pulmonary nodules (multiple)

DDx

  • Metastatic cancer
  • Bronchogenic carcinoma
  • Lymphoproliferative cancer
  • Tuberculosis
  • Lung abscess
  • Granulomas (eg, tuberculous, fungal)
  • Coccidioidomycosis
  • Histoplasmosis
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Silicosis
  • Coal worker’s pneumoconiosis
  • Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)
  • Arteriovenous malformations
  • Rheumatoid nodules
  • Hamartomas
  • Wegener’s granulomatosis
  • Methotrexate-induced
  • Eosinophilic granuloma (Langerhans cell histiocytosis, histiocytosis X)
  • Congenital cysts
  • Echinococcosis (hydatid disease)
  • Paragonimiasis

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Last updated: December 1, 2014