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Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Cystic LCH: - LAM ... : round cysts, evenly ... : 'signet ring sign ... central dot. - LIP #Clinical ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
Lymphangiomyomatosis ... (LAM): uniform cysts ... LCH: multiple round ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
In a later stage the nodules start to cavitate and become cysts.
These cysts start as round
In a later stage ... as round structures ... #Clinical #Radiology ... LangerhansCellHistiocytosis ... #Cavitary #RadiologyAssistant
On the left radiological pathological correlation of Langerhans cell histiocytosis in respectively nodular stage and early
cystic stage. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... CTChest #Microscopy #LCH ... #LangerhansCellHistiocytosis ... #Cavitary #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in Langerhans cell histiocytosis:
Early stage:
- Small irregular or stellate nodules in centrilobular location.
Late stage
Late stage (more ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LCH # ... LangerhansCellHistiocytosis ... Histiocytosis #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangiomyomatosis:
Langerhans cell histiocytosis: > 90% are smokers, cysts have irregular shapes and the
Differential diagnosis ... of Lymphangiomyomatosis ... gren syndrome. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #LAM #Cystic #RadiologyAssistant
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 ... Histiocytosis #LCH ... #RadiologyAssistant
Langerhans cell histiocytosis is an uncommon disease characterised by multiple cysts in patients with nicotine abuse.
In
nodules, that later ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LangerhansCellHistiocytosis ... #LCH #Nodular # ... RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
This is late stage ... the central dot sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #LCH ... #RadiologyAssistant