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Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
#Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Cystic ... #Cysts #Differential ... #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
(LAM): uniform cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Pattern #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
(LAM): regular cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... 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 ... The cystic pattern ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Nodular pattern(2)
1. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic distribution, along fissures, adenopathy.
2. TB: Tree-in-bud appearance in a patient
before the typical cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Pattern #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
bronchiectasis, as in cystic ... fibrosis (CF) and ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Mucus #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
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 ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax ... Lymphangioleiomyomatosis #LAM #RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
#Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #Nodular ... #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
honeycombing, bleb etc ... visible wall #CXR ... #Lucency #Differential ... #Table #CavitaryLesion ... Pulmonary #Diagnosis #Radiology
Cystic versus Reticular
It can be difficult to determine whether we are dealing with a reticular pattern
The CXR is of a ... On the CXR it is ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... LangerhansCellHistiocytosis #LCH #RadiologyAssistant