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Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... : - LAM: round cysts ... central dot. - LIP #Clinical ... Differential #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left three different patients with lung cysts.
From left to right: Lymphangiomyomatosis, LIP and Langerhans
patients with lung cysts ... Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... Comparison #LAM #LIP #Histiocytosis ... #RadiologyAssistant
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
the differential diagnosis ... between cavities and cysts ... Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... Emphysema #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... (LAM): regular cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Pattern #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Nodular pattern(2)
1. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic distribution, along fissures, adenopathy.
2. TB: Tree-in-bud appearance in a patient
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... before the typical cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Pattern #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... low attenuation (table ... When the cysts have ... Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... before the typical cysts ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... Differential #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
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 ... Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #LCH #RadiologyAssistant
On the left another case of Langerhans' cell histiocytosis.
It started as small noduli, which progressed over
the left another case ... Langerhans' cell histiocytosis ... bizarre shaped cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Cystic #RadiologyAssistant
The table on the left is the overall table for mediastinal masses.
In the next paragraphs we
The table on the ... Tumors - Benign Cysts ... tumors - Foregut cysts ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... Middle #Posterior #RadiologyAssistant