pulmonary cavity

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Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (thoracic manifestations) • Wegener granulomatosis - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Granulomatosis

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Pulmonary cavities • Cavitating pneumonia - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Pulmonary

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Pulmonary cavities • Pulmonary cryptococcosis - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Pulmonary

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Tuberculosis • Pulmonary tuberculosis - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Tuberculosis

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Pulmonary cavities • Cavitating left lower lobe lesion - squamous cell lung cancer - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Pulmonary

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Pulmonary cavities • Cavitating pulmonary nodule - lung cancer - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Pulmonary

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Pneumatocele

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School ager with an upper respiratory infection. CXR AP and lateral (above) shows a large cystic lesion in the right upper lobe. Axial CT with contrast of the chest (below) shows the lesion consisted of a single cyst.The diagnosis was congenital pulmonary airway malformation type I.

School ager

with an upper respiratory infection. CXR AP and lateral (above) shows a large cystic lesion in the right upper lobe. Axial CT with contrast of the chest (below) shows the lesion consisted of a single cyst.The diagnosis was congenital pulmonary airway malformation type I.

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Pulmonary cavities are thick-walled abnormal gas-filled spaces within the lung. They are usually associated with a nodule, mass, or area of consolidation. A fluid level within the space may be present. Plain radiography and CT form the mainstay of imaging.

Terminology

According to the Fleischner Society, pulmonary cavities are defined as "a gas-filled space, seen as a lucency or low-attenuation area, within pulmonary consolidation, a mass, or a nodule" .

Pathology

The cause of pulmonary cavities is broad. They may develop as a chronic complication of a pulmonary cyst or secondary to cystic degeneration of a pulmonary mass. They may enlarge or involute over time.

Etiology

Pulmonary cavities may be the result of malignancy, infection, inflammation, or be congenital:

cavitating malignancy
- primary bronchogenic carcinoma (especially squamous cell carcinoma)
- cavitating pulmonary metastases
  - squamous cell carcinoma
  - adenocarcinoma, e.g. gastrointestinal tract, breast
  - sarcoma
infection
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- pulmonary bacterial abscess/cavitating pneumonia
- post-pneumonic pneumatocele: a thin walled pneumatocele is not really a cavity but when infected can be thick-walled
- septic pulmonary emboli
- other rare infections
non-infective granuloma
- granulomatosis with polyangiitis
- rheumatoid nodules
vascular
- pulmonary infarct
trauma
- pneumatoceles (a thin-walled pneumatocele is not really a cavity)
congenital (not true "cavity")

A helpful mnemonic is CAVITY.

pulmonary cavity

Terminology

Pathology

Etiology

See also

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