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CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
CAVITY – a useful ... of a cavitating lung ... pulmonary abscess (TB ... #Diagnosis #CAVITY ... #Mnemonic #Cavitary
Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid Level on Chest XRay

70+ year old man with PMH of latent TB
Cavitary Lesion ... man with PMH of latent ... TB s/p treatment ... david_furfaro #Cavity ... #Cavitary #CXR
Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Cavitary Lung Disease ... Acute Infections: Lung ... Chronic Infections: TB ... Autoimmunity: RA, GPA #Cavitary ... #Lung #Disease
Lungcancer
10% of lungcancers cavitate, most commonly squamous cell carcinoma.
Small cell lungcancer does not cavitate.
Bronchoalveolar carcinoma, or
of lungcancers cavitate ... Here a chest x-ray ... large cavitating lung ... LungCancer #Cancer #Cavity ... #Cavitary #RadiologyAssistant
Notice the cavitation especially on the right.
In the left upper lobe there is probably some traction-bronchiectasis
Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Tuberculosis #TB ... #SecondaryTB #Cavitary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Droplets that contain bacilli ... affecting the lungs ... • Lymphoma • Lung ... • Progressive lung ... • Upper lobe lung
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Droplets that contain bacilli ... affecting the lungs ... • Lymphoma • Lung ... • Progressive lung ... • Upper lobe lung
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
lucencies within the lung ... , like cyst, cavity ... we describe a chest ... as: Cavity - lucency ... CavitaryLesion #Cavity
Primairy TB is usually clinically silent.
In 5% of infected individuals the immunity is inadequate and clinically
Primairy TB is usually ... Postprimary TB is ... reactivation of the latent ... with cavitaty formation ... #Cavitary #SecondaryTB
TB
This patient presented first with the CXR on the left.
The findings are:
Widespread ill-defined densities, which are
TB This patient ... Cavity in the right ... reactivation of a latent ... TB. ... #SecondaryTB #Cavitary