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Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Differential diagnosis ... : round cysts, evenly ... : 'signet ring sign ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Differential #Comparison
In a later stage the nodules start to cavitate and become cysts.
These cysts start as round
as round structures ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LCH # ... LangerhansCellHistiocytosis ... #Late #Histiocytosis
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... LowAttenuation #Differential ... #Diagram #Comparison
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
This is late stage ... diagnosis in this ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #Cystic #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangiomyomatosis:
Langerhans cell histiocytosis: > 90% are smokers, cysts have irregular shapes and the
Differential diagnosis ... Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... gren syndrome. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #LAM #Cystic #RadiologyAssistant
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
diagnosis there ... Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... Emphysema #Comparison ... #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
he CT shows a lesion that originates in the lung.
Many would have a lungcancer on the
diagnostic list ... Rounded atelectasis ... Rounded atelectasis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Rounded #Atelectasis