CAVITY
Useful mnemonic to recall the common causes of a lung cavity.
- C - Cancer - bronchogenic carcinoma - most frequently SCC
- A - Autoimmune - Granulomas from Wegener's granulomatosis, Rheumatoid arthritis etc..
- V - Vascular - both bland and septic pulmonary embolus
- I - Infection- pulmonary abscess
- T - Trauma - pneumatocoeles
- Y - Youth - CCAM, pulmonary sequestration, bronchogenic cyst
