Lung cavity/abscess
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Lung cavity/abscess
- Lung cavities can be caused by disease processes other than infection – read more about lung cavities
- This patient has a lung cavity which was initially thought to be a cancer but which disappeared after a course of antibiotics
- This cavity was, therefore, correctly termed a 'lung abscess'
Lung abscess with gas/fluid level
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Lung abscess with gas/fluid level
- This patient had a history of breast cancer – (it would be unusual for a metastatic breast lesion to cavitate)
- The cavity was an abscess which arose due to the patient being immunocompromised by chemotherapy drugs
- A fluid level represents a collection of pus in the abscess