Bilateral diffuse multiple cavitary nodules: a radiological presentation of adenocarcinoma

The common causes of multiple cavitary lesions of lung are fungal pneumonia, pulmonary abscess, rheumatoid nodules, viral pneumonia, tuberculosis, and septic emboli. The cavitary lesions are seen in nearly 20% of lung cancers with most commonly squamous cell carcinoma. We present an adenocarcinoma o...

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Published in:The Egyptian journal of chest diseases and tuberculosis Vol. 74; no. 1; pp. 124 - 127
Main Authors: Spalgais, Sonam, Mathew, Libin, Mrigpuri, Parul, Kulshrestha, Ritu, Kumar, Raj
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: India Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2025
Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Edition:3
Subjects:
Adenocarcinoma
Bacterial pneumonia
Bronchoscopy
Case Report
Case studies
cavitory lesion
ct chest
CT imaging
Diagnosis
Lung cancer
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Methods
Pneumonia
Squamous cell carcinoma
Tuberculosis
Virus diseases
India
Adenocarcinoma
diagnosis
CT chest
cavitory lesion
bronchoscopy
ISSN:0422-7638, 2090-9950
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Summary:The common causes of multiple cavitary lesions of lung are fungal pneumonia, pulmonary abscess, rheumatoid nodules, viral pneumonia, tuberculosis, and septic emboli. The cavitary lesions are seen in nearly 20% of lung cancers with most commonly squamous cell carcinoma. We present an adenocarcinoma of lung with bilateral cavitory lesion presenting as cough, breathlessness, and chest pain for 2 months. The cavitary lung lesions have multiple differential diagnosis and are difficult to differentiate on computed tomography findings. All cavitary lung diseases should be investigated with invasive procedure like bronchoscopy to confirm the diagnosis before empirical treatment.
ISSN:0422-7638
2090-9950
DOI:10.4103/ecdt.ecdt_59_23