Add new term:
pulmonary cavitation (a child of abnormal lung morphology MP:0001175)
DEF: presence of an abnormal gas-filled space within a zone of pulmonary consolidation or within a pulmonary mass or nodule appearing as a lucency or low-attenuation area on plain chest radiography or computed tomography; a pulmonary cavity may contain a fluid level and is surrounded by a wall, usually of varied thickness
SOURCE: PMID: 18400799, https://radiopaedia.org/articles/pulmonary-cavitation
SYN: abnormal pulmonary cavities
SYN: abnormal lung cavities
SYN: lung cavitation
SYN: cavitary lung lesion
Add new term: pulmonary cavitation (a child of abnormal lung morphology MP:0001175) DEF: presence of an abnormal gas-filled space within a zone of pulmonary consolidation or within a pulmonary mass or nodule appearing as a lucency or low-attenuation area on plain chest radiography or computed tomography; a pulmonary cavity may contain a fluid level and is surrounded by a wall, usually of varied thickness SOURCE: PMID: 18400799, https://radiopaedia.org/articles/pulmonary-cavitation SYN: abnormal pulmonary cavities SYN: abnormal lung cavities SYN: lung cavitation SYN: cavitary lung lesion