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Cavitation (embryology)

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An open cavitation.

Cavitation, in biology, is the formation of cavities in an organ, especially in lung tissue as a result of tuberculosis. It can also be caused by squamous cell lung carcinoma after necrosis of the central part.[1]

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  1. ^ Mitchell, Richard Sheppard; Kumar, Vinay; Abbas, Abul K.; Fausto, Nelson. Robbins Basic Pathology. Philadelphia: Saunders. ISBN 1-4160-2973-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) 8th edition.