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#Clinical #Radiology #CTChest #RoundedAtelectasis #Rounded #Atelectasis #CometTail #Sign #RadiologyAssistant
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #RoundedAtelectasis ... #Rounded #Atelectasis ... #CometTail #Sign ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... Cystic LCH: - LAM: round ... : 'signet ring sign ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Cystic
In a later stage the nodules start to cavitate and become cysts.
These cysts start as round
as round structures ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LCH # ... #Histiocytosis ... #Cavitary #RadiologyAssistant
he CT shows a lesion that originates in the lung.
Many would have a lungcancer on the
Rounded atelectasis ... Rounded atelectasis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Rounded #Atelectasis ... #CometTail #Sign
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
HRCT findings in Langerhans cell histiocytosis:
Early stage:
- Small irregular or stellate nodules in centrilobular location.
Late stage
Late stage (more ... There are no cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LCH # ... #RadiologyAssistant
Langerhans cell histiocytosis is an uncommon disease characterised by multiple cysts in patients with nicotine abuse.
In
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... nodules, that later ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LangerhansCellHistiocytosis ... #LCH #Nodular #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangiomyomatosis:
Langerhans cell histiocytosis: > 90% are smokers, cysts have irregular shapes and the
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... 90% are smokers, cysts ... gren syndrome. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Lymphangiomyomatosis
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
caused by multiple cysts ... This is late stage ... the central dot sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Cystic #RadiologyAssistant