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Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign Cystic 
 • Cyst
 • Polycystic Liver Disease
 • Caroli's
Cyst • Polycystic ... Cystadenoma • Hydatid Cyst ... Lung, Colon, Breast ... #Liver #Mass #Hepatology ... #Algorithm #Causes
Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cystic:
 • Benign 
     - Simple: Simple
Simple: Simple cyst ... Complex: Hydatid Cyst ... secondary - Breast, Lung ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hepatology
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Mediastinal Mass:
 • Thymus (Thymoma, carcinoma, hyperplasia, cyst)
 • Lymphoma
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, hyperplasia, cyst ... • Bronchogenic cysts ... , Pericardial Cysts ... Sarcoma, Metastatic Lung ... Thoracic spine lesions
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
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
between cavities and cysts ... the surrounding lung ... Cysts occur without ... Cysts usually contain ... #Cavity #Cyst #
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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or air-filled lesions ... cysts (LAM, LIP ... #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 ... cyst in the upper ... something to do with a cystic ... is a possible diagnosis ... leading to pulmonary cyst
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
, like cyst, cavity ... since in many cases ... a thick wall Cyst ... CavitaryLesion #Cavity #Cyst ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
mnemonic for the causes ... of a cavitating lung ... - bronchogenic cyst ... #Diagnosis # ... Mnemonic #Cavitary #Lesions
Bone Lesion on X-Ray - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Exostotic
 • Osteochondroma
Asymptomatic &/or Non-Active Bone Scam
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Unicameral Bone Cysts ... Aneurysmal Bone Cysts ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Orthopedics #Causes