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Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Cystic LCH: - LAM ... : round cysts, evenly ... central dot. - LIP #Clinical ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Cystic
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM ... ): uniform cysts ... LCH: multiple round ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
histiocytosis (LCH ... Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM ... ): regular cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest
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
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
On the left a case with multiple cysts that are evenly distributed througout the lung (
On the left a case ... with multiple cysts ... in contrast to LCH ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LAM #
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 ... #clinical #Lymphangioleiomyomatosis ... #LAM #radiology
Key findings in Lymphangiomyomatosis:
Numerous thin-walled cysts, surrounded by normal parenchyma.
Cysts range from 2mm to 5cm in
left a typical case ... of LAM with multiple ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Lymphangiomyomatosis ... #LAM #Cystic #RadiologyAssistant
On the left another case of Langerhans' cell histiocytosis.
It started as small noduli, which progressed over
the left another case ... bizarre shaped cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LCH #
On the left a case with multiple round and bizarre shaped cysts.
There was an upper lobe
On the left a case ... bizarre shaped cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LangerhansCellHistiocytosis ... Histiocytosis #LCH