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On the left three different patients with lung cysts.
From left to right: Lymphangiomyomatosis, LIP and Langerhans
patients with lung cysts ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... Cystic #Comparison #LAM
Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Differential diagnosis ... Cystic LCH: - LAM ... : round cysts, evenly ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Cystic #Cysts
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 ... #Clinical #Radiology
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
the lung, like cyst ... since in many cases ... we describe a chest ... Lung #Pulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Radiology
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis- Computed tomography of the chest, reconstructed in the coronal plane at the level of the
tomography of the chest ... confirmed the diagnosis ... average age at diagnosis ... Lymphangioleiomyomatosis #LAM ... #radiology #CT
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... appreciate on a cest ... When the cysts have ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
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 ... leading to pulmonary cyst ... #Clinical #Radiology
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangiomyomatosis:
Langerhans cell histiocytosis: > 90% are smokers, cysts have irregular shapes and the
Differential diagnosis ... 90% are smokers, cysts ... another typical case ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Lymphangiomyomatosis
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
blue marks on her chest ... the underlying diagnosis ... Causes = RV failure ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... Pericarditis #Cardiology