Pulmonary cavity (mnemonic)
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A particularly helpful mnemonic for causes of pulmonary cavities is:
- CAVITY
Mnemonic
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C: cancer
- bronchogenic carcinoma: most frequently SCC
- cavitatory pulmonary metastasis(es): again most frequently SCC
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A: autoimmune; granulomas from
- Wegener's granulomatosis (granulomatosis with polyangiitis)
- rheumatoid arthritis (rheumatoid nodules) etc.
- V: vascular (both bland and septic pulmonary embolus)
- I: infection (bacterial/fungal)
- T: trauma - pneumatocoeles
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Y: youth
- CPAM (congenital pulmonary airway malformation)
- pulmonary sequestration
- bronchogenic cyst
-<li><a href="/articles/granulomatosis-with-polyangitis">Wegener's granulomatosis</a></li>- +<li>
- +<a href="/articles/granulomatosis-with-polyangiitis">Wegener's granulomatosis</a> (granulomatosis with polyangiitis)</li>
-<li><a href="/articles/pulmonary-manifestations-of-tuberculosis">pulmonary tuberculosis</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/tuberculosis-pulmonary-manifestations">pulmonary tuberculosis</a></li>
-<li><a href="/articles/congenital-cystic-adenomatoid-malformation">CPAM</a></li>- +<li>
- +<a href="/articles/congenital-cystic-adenomatoid-malformation">CPAM</a> (congenital pulmonary airway malformation)</li>
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