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

C = cancer
mnemonic for the causes ... of a cavitating lung ... mass. ... C = cancer - ... #Differential #Lung
Lungcancer
10% of lungcancers cavitate, most commonly squamous cell carcinoma.
Small cell lungcancer does not cavitate.
Bronchoalveolar carcinoma, or
large cavitating lung ... as a small mass ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LungCancer ... #Cancer #Cavity
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
, like cyst, cavity ... since in many cases ... describe a chest X-ray ... visible wall #CXR ... #Cyst #Lung #Pulmonary
Hilum Overlay Sign on Chest X-Ray
If a mass is in contact with the pulmonary vessels then,
contact with the pulmonary ... hilum: In this case ... #Sign #Chest #XRay ... #clinical #radiology ... #CXR
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest x-ray ... opacities Nodule or mass ... - Solitary Pulmonary ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... foreign body, cancer ... #Abscess #pulmonary
First study the CXR.
We know that in some cases there is an extra joint in the
First study the CXR ... may simulate a mass ... lung cancer is ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lung #Cancer
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
is a fibrotic lung ... disease caused ... #radiology #CXR ... #Chest #XRay #labeled ... #pulmonary
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... • Nodular or cavitary ... disease, alcohol, cancer ... Disease: Clinical ... Disease: • Clinical
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
histologic pattern of pulmonary ... On a chest X-ray ... particularly at the lung ... pattern at the lung ... #Clinical #Radiology