Pulmonary cavity (mnemonic)
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A particularly helpful mnemonic for causes of pulmonary cavities is:
- CAVITY
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C: cancer
- bronchogenic carcinoma: most frequently squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)
- cavitary pulmonary metastasis(es): most frequently SCC
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A: autoimmune; granulomas from
- granulomatosis with polyangiitis
- rheumatoid arthritis (rheumatoid nodules) etc.
- V: vascular (both bland and septic pulmonary emboli)
- I: infection (bacterial/fungal)
- T: trauma - pneumatoceles
- Y: youth
-<a href="/articles/lung-cancer-3">bronchogenic carcinoma</a>: most frequently <a href="/articles/squamous-cell-carcinoma-of-the-lung">squamous cell carcinoma</a> (SCC)</li>- +<a href="/articles/lung-cancer-3">bronchogenic carcinoma</a>: most frequently <a href="/articles/squamous-cell-carcinoma-of-the-lung">squamous cell carcinoma</a><a title="Squamous cell carcinoma (lung)" href="/articles/squamous-cell-carcinoma-of-the-lung"> (SCC)</a>
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CAVITY (mnemonic)
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