Radiological approach to cavitary lung lesions

Abstract

Cavitary lesions in the lung are not an uncommon imaging encounter and carry a broad differential diagnosis that includes a wide range of pathological conditions from cancers, infections/inflammatory processes to traumatic and congenital lung abnormalities. In this review article, we describe a comprehensive approach for evaluation of cavitary lung lesions and discuss the differential diagnosis in the light of radiological findings.

Keywords: CT; Radiology & imaging; adult thoracic medicine; chest imaging; thoracic medicine.