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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 ... airways leading to pulmonary ... cyst formation
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM ... ): uniform cysts ... effusion; sometimes pneumothorax ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Pattern #Comparison #Table
Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Cystic LCH: - LAM ... : round cysts, evenly ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Cystic #Cysts ... Differential #Comparison #Table
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
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
since in many cases ... we describe a chest ... #Differential #Table ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis- Computed tomography of the chest, reconstructed in the coronal plane at the level of the
tomography of the chest ... revealed a large pneumothorax ... intraparenchymal pulmonary ... Lymphangioleiomyomatosis #LAM ... #radiology #CT
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level.
The upper lobe is still attached to the chest wall
attached to the chest ... There is a lung cyst ... is a possible diagnosis ... airways leading to pulmonary ... cyst formation
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infarction • Stable ... Pleura • Pneumothorax ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Key findings in Lymphangiomyomatosis:
Numerous thin-walled cysts, surrounded by normal parenchyma.
Cysts range from 2mm to 5cm in
Recurrent pneumothorax ... left a typical case ... of LAM with multiple ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Lymphangiomyomatosis
On the left a case with multiple cysts that are evenly distributed througout the lung (
On the left a case ... with multiple cysts ... Notice the pneumothorax ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LAM #