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Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... : 'signet ring sign ... #CTChest #Cystic ... #Cysts #Differential ... #Comparison #Table
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... before the typical cysts ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
low attenuation (table ... When the cysts have ... Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
The dominant findig ... caused by multiple cysts ... the central dot sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
he CT shows a lesion that originates in the lung.
Many would have a lungcancer on the
the top of their differential ... lesion and when the findings ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #RoundedAtelectasis ... #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
Signs of fibrosis ... on the imaging findigs ... included in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Chronic