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Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid Level on Chest XRay

70+ year old man with PMH of latent TB
Cavitary Lesion ... david_furfaro #Cavity ... #Cavitary #CXR ... #ChestXRay #Clinical ... #Pulmonary #Radiology
Lungcancer
10% of lungcancers cavitate, most commonly squamous cell carcinoma.
Small cell lungcancer does not cavitate.
Bronchoalveolar carcinoma, or
large cavitating lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LungCancer ... #Cancer #Cavity ... #Cavitary #RadiologyAssistant
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
, like cyst, cavity ... as: Cavity - lucency ... visible wall #CXR ... CavitaryLesion #Cavity ... #Cyst #Lung #Pulmonary
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
attached to the chest ... LAM is a rare lung ... airways leading to pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax
Monod Sign on Chest CT
 • Air surrounding a fungal ball in a preexisting pulmonary cavity
a preexisting pulmonary ... cavity • DDx: ... Monod #Sign #CT #Lung ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
in the proper clinical ... densities iin the left lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #SepticEmboli #Cavity
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
between these chest ... Lobar pneumonia ... Pulmonary hemorrhage ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Radiology #CXR
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
coughed up, a cavity ... consolidation and the cavity ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Cavity #Pneumonia
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... Blood cultures • CXR ... upright or lat ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
and dyspnea • Lobar ... fever, cough and cavitary ... 100% of cases), anemia ... infiltrates or lobar ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary