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Revision as of 22:25, 22 March 2016
A particularly helpful mnemonic for causes of pulmonary cavities is:
CAVITY
Mnemonic
C: Cancer
- Bronchogenic carcinoma: most frequently SCC
- Cavitatory pulmonary metastasis(es): again most frequently SCC
A: autoimmune
- Wegener's granulomatosis
- Rheumatoid arthritis (rheumatoid nodules) etc.
V: vascular (both bland and septic pulmonary embolus)
I: Infection (bacterial/fungal)
- Pulmonary abscess
- Pulmonary tuberculosis
T: trauma
- Pneumatocoeles
Y: youth
- CPAM
- Pulmonary sequestration
- Bronchogenic cyst