Multiple cavitary lung lesions on CT: imaging findings to differentiate between malignant and benign etiologies.
Irai Luis GiacomelliMarcelo Cardoso BarrosGabriel Sartori PaciniStephan Philip Leonhardt AltmayerMatheus ZanonAdriano Basso DiasCarlos Schüler NinRoger Pirath RodriguesGláucia ZanettiGuilherme WatteBruno HochheggerPublished in: Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia (2019)
A larger number of cavitary lung lesions and the absence of centrilobular nodules may be characteristic of a malignant etiology. However, on the basis of our evaluation of the lesions in our sample, we cannot state that wall thickness is a good indicator of a benign or malignant etiology.