Cavitatory lesions in lung are seen in which of the following infections?
Primary pulmonary Tuberculosis
Staphylococcal pneumonia
Pneumoconiosis
Interstitial Lung disease
Cavitation and pleural effusions are comon complications of Staphylococcal pneumonia D/D OF CAVITARY LESIONS IN LUNG C - carcinoma (metastasis, squamous cell Ca, lymphomas) A - autoimmune (Wegener's Granulamatosis, rheumatoid nodules) V - vascular (emboli) I - infection (staph pneumonia, lung abscess, fungal pneumonia, TB, Hydatid cyst) T - trauma Y - young (congenital) Ref: Rubin's Pathology: Clinicopathologic Foundations of Medicine By Raphael Rubin, David S. Strayer, Page 548.