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Decreased Opacity with Cystic Walls

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Cavities

lung zones [1]. Cavitary nodules in patients with (ANCA)-

 

associated granulomatous vasculitis have no predilection for

Definition

any lung zones [2]. Rheumatoid lung nodules, metastatic

 

tumors, fungal infection, and septic embolism nodules tend

Please refer to section “Cavity” in Chap. 12.

to predominate in the lung periphery [35].

Diseases Causing Cavities

Clinical Considerations

In patients with diffuse lung diseases, multiple cavities are seen in patients with Langerhans cell histiocytosis, fungal infection, and sarcoidosis. Cavitary nodules are also seen in patients with rheumatoid lung disease (Fig. 23.1), antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated granulomatous vasculitis (former Wegener’s granulomatosis), septic embolism, and metastatic tumors (squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck and the uterine cervix) (Fig. 23.2).

Distribution

In Langerhans cell histiocytosis, the cavitating nodules are associated with noncavitating nodules and are distributed mainly in the upper and middle lung zones, sparing the lower

Cigarette smoking is highly related to pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis, and the cavitating nodules in the disease are reversible with corticosteroid or cytotoxic drug therapy [6]. Immunocompromised patients and patients with underlying lung disease are at increased risk of fungal infection. Rheumatoid lung nodules are typically seen in patients with subcutaneous nodules and tend to wax and wane in proportion to the activity of the arthritis [3]. Septic embolism occurs most commonly in intravenous drug users and in immunocompromised patients with central venous lines. The site of the primary neoplasm with cavitation is most frequently in the head and neck in men and the uterine cervix in women [7]. Cavitation also may occur in metastatic adenocarcinomas, particularly in lesions originating from the large bowel, and in metastatic sarcoma, particularly osteogenic.

K.S. Lee et al., Radiology Illustrated: Chest Radiology, Radiology Illustrated,

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DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-37096-0_23, © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

 

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Key Points for Differential Diagnosis

 

Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zones

 

 

 

 

Clinical presentations

 

Diseases

U

M

L

SP

C R

BV R

Acute Subacute

Chronic

Others

LCH

+

+

 

 

+

+

 

+

Associated with irregular cysts or nodules,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

spare CPA

Fungal infection

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

 

With GGO halo

Sarcoidosis

+

+

 

 

+

+

 

+

Mediastinal or hilar LN enlargement, female

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

predominance, African Americans

Rheumatoid nodules

+

+

 

+

+

+

 

+

Variable in size, unpredictable natural course

ANCA-associated

+

+

+

+

 

+

+

+

Large necrotic area on enhanced scans

granulomatous vasculitis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Septic lung

+

+

+

+

+

+

 

 

Feeding vessel sign

Pulmonary metastasis

 

+

+

+

+

+

 

+

Variable-sized nodules

Note: LCH Langerhans cell histiocytosis, ANCA antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody, U upper, M middle, L lower, SP subpleural, C central, R random, BV bronchovascular, CPA costophrenic angle, GGO ground-glass opacity, LN lymph node

a

b

 

c

d

N

N

Fig. 23.1 Rheumatoid nodules in a 70-year-old woman who has suffered from rheumatoid arthritis for 10 years. (a, b) Lung window images of CT scans (5.0-mm section thickness) obtained at levels of aortic arch (a) and basal trunks (b), respectively, show multiple small nodules (arrows) in both lungs. Mediastinal window images exhibit necrosis in central portion of nodules. (c) Low-magnification (×4)

photomicrograph of surgical biopsy specimen obtained from right lower lobe demonstrates a nodule containing necrotic portion (N) and surrounding rim (arrows) of epithelioid histiocytes and fibrotic tissue. (d) Another low-magnification (×10) photomicrograph discloses necrotic portion (N), a rim of epithelioid histiocytes and fibrotic tissue (arrows), and normal lung