Lung and brain masses

• There are a few notable diseases that can cause masses in both lung and brain
• Malignacy
  • Primary lung cancer with brain metastasis
  • Other primary malignancy, with metastasis to lung and brain
• Bacteria
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Streptococci, especially Streptococcus anginosus group
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae
  • Nocardia
• Mycobacteria
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• Fungi
  • Aspergillus
  • Cryptococcus neoformans
  • Mucorales