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Cavitating pulmonary nodule

MedGen UID:
1814118
•Concept ID:
C5558384
•
Finding
HPO: HP:0034015

Definition

Thick-walled abnormal gas-filled interstitial nodule within a lung. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCavitating pulmonary nodule

Professional guidelines

PubMed

2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology classification criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis.
Robson JC, Grayson PC, Ponte C, Suppiah R, Craven A, Judge A, Khalid S, Hutchings A, Watts RA, Merkel PA, Luqmani RA; DCVAS Investigators
Ann Rheum Dis 2022 Mar;81(3):315-320. Epub 2022 Feb 2 doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221795. PMID: 35110333
2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis.
Robson JC, Grayson PC, Ponte C, Suppiah R, Craven A, Judge A, Khalid S, Hutchings A, Watts RA, Merkel PA, Luqmani RA; DCVAS Study Group
Arthritis Rheumatol 2022 Mar;74(3):393-399. Epub 2022 Feb 2 doi: 10.1002/art.41986. PMID: 35106964
Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Role of Radiology in Diagnosis and Management.
Nachiappan AC, Rahbar K, Shi X, Guy ES, Mortani Barbosa EJ Jr, Shroff GS, Ocazionez D, Schlesinger AE, Katz SI, Hammer MM
Radiographics 2017 Jan-Feb;37(1):52-72. doi: 10.1148/rg.2017160032. PMID: 28076011

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Diagnosing and treating ANCA-associated vasculitis: an updated review for clinical practice.
Chevet B, Cornec D, Casal Moura M, Cornec-Le Gall E, Fervenza FC, Warrington KJ, Specks U, Berti A
Rheumatology (Oxford) 2023 May 2;62(5):1787-1803. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac623. PMID: 36315063
2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology classification criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis.
Robson JC, Grayson PC, Ponte C, Suppiah R, Craven A, Judge A, Khalid S, Hutchings A, Watts RA, Merkel PA, Luqmani RA; DCVAS Investigators
Ann Rheum Dis 2022 Mar;81(3):315-320. Epub 2022 Feb 2 doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221795. PMID: 35110333
2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis.
Robson JC, Grayson PC, Ponte C, Suppiah R, Craven A, Judge A, Khalid S, Hutchings A, Watts RA, Merkel PA, Luqmani RA; DCVAS Study Group
Arthritis Rheumatol 2022 Mar;74(3):393-399. Epub 2022 Feb 2 doi: 10.1002/art.41986. PMID: 35106964
Pulmonary Langerhans' cell histiocytosis in adults.
Radzikowska E
Adv Respir Med 2017;85(5):277-289. Epub 2017 Oct 30 doi: 10.5603/ARM.a2017.0046. PMID: 29083024
Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Role of Radiology in Diagnosis and Management.
Nachiappan AC, Rahbar K, Shi X, Guy ES, Mortani Barbosa EJ Jr, Shroff GS, Ocazionez D, Schlesinger AE, Katz SI, Hammer MM
Radiographics 2017 Jan-Feb;37(1):52-72. doi: 10.1148/rg.2017160032. PMID: 28076011

Diagnosis

Diagnosing and treating ANCA-associated vasculitis: an updated review for clinical practice.
Chevet B, Cornec D, Casal Moura M, Cornec-Le Gall E, Fervenza FC, Warrington KJ, Specks U, Berti A
Rheumatology (Oxford) 2023 May 2;62(5):1787-1803. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac623. PMID: 36315063
2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology classification criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis.
Robson JC, Grayson PC, Ponte C, Suppiah R, Craven A, Judge A, Khalid S, Hutchings A, Watts RA, Merkel PA, Luqmani RA; DCVAS Investigators
Ann Rheum Dis 2022 Mar;81(3):315-320. Epub 2022 Feb 2 doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221795. PMID: 35110333
Pulmonary Langerhans' cell histiocytosis in adults.
Radzikowska E
Adv Respir Med 2017;85(5):277-289. Epub 2017 Oct 30 doi: 10.5603/ARM.a2017.0046. PMID: 29083024
Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis: A state-of-the-art review.
Fortes HR, von Ranke FM, Escuissato DL, Araujo Neto CA, Zanetti G, Hochhegger B, Souza CA, Marchiori E
Respir Med 2017 May;126:116-121. Epub 2017 Apr 1 doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2017.03.030. PMID: 28427542
Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Role of Radiology in Diagnosis and Management.
Nachiappan AC, Rahbar K, Shi X, Guy ES, Mortani Barbosa EJ Jr, Shroff GS, Ocazionez D, Schlesinger AE, Katz SI, Hammer MM
Radiographics 2017 Jan-Feb;37(1):52-72. doi: 10.1148/rg.2017160032. PMID: 28076011

Therapy

Diagnosing and treating ANCA-associated vasculitis: an updated review for clinical practice.
Chevet B, Cornec D, Casal Moura M, Cornec-Le Gall E, Fervenza FC, Warrington KJ, Specks U, Berti A
Rheumatology (Oxford) 2023 May 2;62(5):1787-1803. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac623. PMID: 36315063
Pulmonary Langerhans' cell histiocytosis in adults.
Radzikowska E
Adv Respir Med 2017;85(5):277-289. Epub 2017 Oct 30 doi: 10.5603/ARM.a2017.0046. PMID: 29083024
Clinical characteristics of septic pulmonary embolism in adults: a systematic review.
Ye R, Zhao L, Wang C, Wu X, Yan H
Respir Med 2014 Jan;108(1):1-8. Epub 2013 Oct 17 doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2013.10.012. PMID: 24183289
CT findings of pulmonary nocardiosis.
Kanne JP, Yandow DR, Mohammed TL, Meyer CA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 2011 Aug;197(2):W266-72. doi: 10.2214/AJR.10.6208. PMID: 21785052
The probability of malignancy in solitary pulmonary nodules. Application to small radiologically indeterminate nodules.
Swensen SJ, Silverstein MD, Ilstrup DM, Schleck CD, Edell ES
Arch Intern Med 1997 Apr 28;157(8):849-55. PMID: 9129544

Prognosis

Diagnosing and treating ANCA-associated vasculitis: an updated review for clinical practice.
Chevet B, Cornec D, Casal Moura M, Cornec-Le Gall E, Fervenza FC, Warrington KJ, Specks U, Berti A
Rheumatology (Oxford) 2023 May 2;62(5):1787-1803. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac623. PMID: 36315063
Pulmonary Langerhans' cell histiocytosis in adults.
Radzikowska E
Adv Respir Med 2017;85(5):277-289. Epub 2017 Oct 30 doi: 10.5603/ARM.a2017.0046. PMID: 29083024
Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis: A state-of-the-art review.
Fortes HR, von Ranke FM, Escuissato DL, Araujo Neto CA, Zanetti G, Hochhegger B, Souza CA, Marchiori E
Respir Med 2017 May;126:116-121. Epub 2017 Apr 1 doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2017.03.030. PMID: 28427542
Amyloidosis: Modern Cross-sectional Imaging.
Czeyda-Pommersheim F, Hwang M, Chen SS, Strollo D, Fuhrman C, Bhalla S
Radiographics 2015 Sep-Oct;35(5):1381-92. Epub 2015 Jul 31 doi: 10.1148/rg.2015140179. PMID: 26230754
The probability of malignancy in solitary pulmonary nodules. Application to small radiologically indeterminate nodules.
Swensen SJ, Silverstein MD, Ilstrup DM, Schleck CD, Edell ES
Arch Intern Med 1997 Apr 28;157(8):849-55. PMID: 9129544

Clinical prediction guides

Imaging manifestations of pulmonary melioidosis: A case series.
Carrillo-Bayona JA, Alvarado-Benavides AM, Rodríguez JY, Álvarez-Moreno CA
Radiologia (Engl Ed) 2022 Sep-Oct;64(5):484-488. doi: 10.1016/j.rxeng.2022.09.002. PMID: 36243448
2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology classification criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis.
Robson JC, Grayson PC, Ponte C, Suppiah R, Craven A, Judge A, Khalid S, Hutchings A, Watts RA, Merkel PA, Luqmani RA; DCVAS Investigators
Ann Rheum Dis 2022 Mar;81(3):315-320. Epub 2022 Feb 2 doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221795. PMID: 35110333
2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis.
Robson JC, Grayson PC, Ponte C, Suppiah R, Craven A, Judge A, Khalid S, Hutchings A, Watts RA, Merkel PA, Luqmani RA; DCVAS Study Group
Arthritis Rheumatol 2022 Mar;74(3):393-399. Epub 2022 Feb 2 doi: 10.1002/art.41986. PMID: 35106964
The probability of malignancy in solitary pulmonary nodules. Application to small radiologically indeterminate nodules.
Swensen SJ, Silverstein MD, Ilstrup DM, Schleck CD, Edell ES
Arch Intern Med 1997 Apr 28;157(8):849-55. PMID: 9129544
Pulmonary cryptococcosis.
Patz EF Jr, Goodman PC
J Thorac Imaging 1992 Sep;7(4):51-5. doi: 10.1097/00005382-199209000-00008. PMID: 1404545

Recent systematic reviews

Weak Localization of Radiographic Manifestations in Pulmonary Tuberculosis from Chest X-ray: A Systematic Review.
Feyisa DW, Ayano YM, Debelee TG, Schwenker F
Sensors (Basel) 2023 Jul 29;23(15) doi: 10.3390/s23156781. PMID: 37571564Free PMC Article
Computed Tomography Features and Tumor Spread Through Air Spaces in Lung Adenocarcinoma: A Meta-analysis.
Gu Y, Zheng B, Zhao T, Fan Y
J Thorac Imaging 2023 Mar 1;38(2):W19-W29. Epub 2022 Dec 28 doi: 10.1097/RTI.0000000000000693. PMID: 36583661Free PMC Article
Chest X-ray and chest CT findings in patients diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis following solid organ transplantation: a systematic review.
Giacomelli IL, Schuhmacher Neto R, Marchiori E, Pereira M, Hochhegger B
J Bras Pneumol 2018 Apr;44(2):161-166. doi: 10.1590/s1806-37562017000000459. PMID: 29791554Free PMC Article
A Systematic Review of the Prevalence and Pattern of Imaging Defined Post-TB Lung Disease.
Meghji J, Simpson H, Squire SB, Mortimer K
PLoS One 2016;11(8):e0161176. Epub 2016 Aug 12 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161176. PMID: 27518438Free PMC Article
Clinical characteristics of septic pulmonary embolism in adults: a systematic review.
Ye R, Zhao L, Wang C, Wu X, Yan H
Respir Med 2014 Jan;108(1):1-8. Epub 2013 Oct 17 doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2013.10.012. PMID: 24183289

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