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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... When the cysts have ... seen and in many cases ... UIP can be suspected ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Differential diagnosis ... : round cysts, evenly ... central dot. - LIP ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Cystic #Cysts
On the left three different patients with lung cysts.
From left to right: Lymphangiomyomatosis, LIP and Langerhans
patients with lung cysts ... Lymphangiomyomatosis, LIP ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Cystic #Comparison
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
between cavities and cysts ... Cysts occur without ... Cysts usually contain ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Cavity #Cyst #
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
the lung, like cyst ... a thick wall Cyst ... visible wall #CXR ... CavitaryLesion #Cavity #Cyst ... Lung #Pulmonary #Diagnosis
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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Emphysema - Lung cysts ... (LAM, LIP, Langerhans ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... TractionBronchiectasis #Cysts
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
attached to the chest ... There is a lung cyst ... is a possible diagnosis ... leading to pulmonary cyst ... #CXR #Pneumothorax
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
reticular densities caused ... thick walls of the cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #Usual #Interstitial
The case on the left shows subpleural honeycomb cysts in several contiguous layers.
There is also a
The case on the ... subpleural honeycomb cysts ... typical for Usual Interstitial ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #UIP #
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
• Bronchogenic cyst ... Pleuropericardial cyst ... Aneurysm • Enteric cyst ... - Bronchogenic cyst ... - Pericardial cyst