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Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
: - LAM: round cysts ... central dot. - LIP #Clinical ... #Cystic #Cysts ... #Differential #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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cysts (LAM, LIP ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... LowAttenuation #Differential ... #Diagram #Comparison ... TractionBronchiectasis #Cysts
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
the surrounding lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... Emphysema #Comparison ... #RadiologyAssistant
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
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
(LAM): uniform cysts ... bizarre shaped cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
multiple thick walled cysts ... (LAM): regular cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Table #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 ... Nodular #Pattern #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
, like cyst, cavity ... a thick wall Cyst ... #CXR #Lucency #Differential ... #Table #CavitaryLesion ... #Cavity #Cyst #
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
before the typical cysts ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... NodularPattern #Differential ... #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... low attenuation (table ... When the cysts have ... #RadiologyAssistant