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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 ... #Lesions #Differential ... #Lung #Pulmonary
Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Cavitary Lung Disease ... - Differential ... abscess, Necrotizing ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #lesion ... #pulmonary #differential
A 50 yo F with a history of poor dentition presents to the ED with fever
A CXR is done. ... lesion in R middle ... consistent w/ lung ... abscess #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR
Diagram of different types of bone tumors that can occur around the knee on XRay -
around the knee on XRay ... intracortical Brodie abscess ... Diagnosis #Bony #Differential ... #Radiology #XRay ... #msk #lesions #
Lungcancer
10% of lungcancers cavitate, most commonly squamous cell carcinoma.
Small cell lungcancer does not cavitate.
Bronchoalveolar carcinoma, or
of lungcancers cavitate ... present as multiple lesions ... Here a chest x-ray ... large cavitating lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Diagram of different types of bone tumors that can occur around the knee on XRay
Age <
around the knee on XRay ... intracortical Brodie abscess ... #Bony #Differential ... Diagnosis #Radiology #XRay ... #MSK #pediatrics
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung abscess ... stable residual lesion ... Abscess Differential ... #differential #
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
lucencies within the lung ... , like cyst, cavity ... describe a chest X-ray ... visible wall #CXR ... #Lucency #Differential
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Nodular or cavitary ... lesions - Centrilobular ... - M. abscessus ... Mimics TB with: Cavitary ... NTM #Infections #differential
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Lesions of the Spinal ... Spinal stenosis - Abscess ... patients with a long ... anterior horn gray ... #differential #