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

C = cancer
of a cavitating lung ... Y = youth - CPAM ... - bronchogenic cyst ... #Diagnosis # ... #Differential #
Cavity Mnemonic for Cavitary Pulmonary Lesions:
C: cancer 
 - bronchogenic carcinoma: most frequently squamous cell carcinoma
Cavity Mnemonic ... pneumatoceles Y: youth - CPAM ... - bronchogenic cyst ... #Diagnosis #CAVITY ... #Lesions #Differential
Cavitary Lung Lesions - Differential
Infection - Malignancy - Rheumatologic - Other

- Dr. David Furfaro https://twitter.com/david_furfaro

#Cavitary #Cavity
Cavitary Lung Lesions ... - Differential ... #Cavity #Lung # ... Lesions #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary
CAVITY Mnemonic for Causes of Cavitary Lung Lesions

C - Cancer (SCC, mets)
A - Autoimmune (GPA, RA)
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Lung Lesions ... pneumatocele) Y - Youth (CPAM ... , bronchogenic cyst ... #Lesions #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Cavitary Lung Disease ... - Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... lesion #pulmonary #differential
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
lucencies within the lung ... , like cyst, cavity ... #CXR #Lucency #Differential ... #Cyst #Lung #Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
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In the differential ... diagnosis there ... To differentiate ... the surrounding lung ... Radiology #CTChest #Cavity
Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cystic:
 • Benign 
     - Simple: Simple
Liver Mass - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Simple: Simple cyst ... Complex: Hydatid Cyst ... secondary - Breast, Lung
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Mediastinal Mass:
 • Thymus (Thymoma, carcinoma, hyperplasia, cyst)
 • Lymphoma
 •
Mediastinal Mass - Differential ... Diagnosis Anterior ... Sarcoma, Metastatic Lung ... Mediastinal #Mass #Differential ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign Cystic 
 • Cyst
 • Polycystic Liver Disease
 • Caroli's
Liver Mass - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Benign Cystic • Cyst ... Lung, Colon, Breast ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm