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Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
: round cysts, evenly ... : 'signet ring sign ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Cystic ... #Cysts #Differential
On the left a case with multiple round and bizarre shaped cysts.
There was an upper lobe
with multiple round ... bizarre shaped cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LangerhansCellHistiocytosis ... #LCH #RadiologyAssistant
On the left another case of Langerhans' cell histiocytosis.
It started as small noduli, which progressed over
another case of Langerhans ... bizarre shaped cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LCH # ... #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in Langerhans cell histiocytosis:
Early stage:
- Small irregular or stellate nodules in centrilobular location.
Late stage
airspaces Cysts ... There are no cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LCH # ... LangerhansCellHistiocytosis
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangiomyomatosis:
Langerhans cell histiocytosis: > 90% are smokers, cysts have irregular shapes and the
90% are smokers, cysts ... Lymphoid interstitial ... gren syndrome. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #LAM #Cystic #RadiologyAssistant
Langerhans cell histiocytosis is an uncommon disease characterised by multiple cysts in patients with nicotine abuse.
In
Langerhans cell ... characterised by multiple cysts ... cavitate and become cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LangerhansCellHistiocytosis
Cystic versus Reticular
It can be difficult to determine whether we are dealing with a reticular pattern
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Cystic #Interstitial ... #Langerhans #LangerhansCellHistiocytosis ... #LCH #RadiologyAssistant
In a later stage the nodules start to cavitate and become cysts.
These cysts start as round
cavitate and become cysts ... These cysts start ... as round structures ... bizarre shaped cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
The cystic pattern ... When the cysts have ... walls like in Langerhans ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
caused by multiple cysts ... the central dot sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... LCH #LangerhansCellHistiocytosis ... #RadiologyAssistant