Patient Data
Age: Adult
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Selected images from a CT of the chest demonstrate a number of parenchymal and pleural masses consistent with the patient's known metastatic malignant melanoma. The largest mass on the right demonstrates marked cavitation.
Case Discussion
There are many causes of a pulmonary mass with cavitation which can conveniently be recalled using the mnemonic CAVITY.
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