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On the left a case with multiple round and bizarre shaped cysts.
There was an upper lobe
with multiple round ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LangerhansCellHistiocytosis ... #Langerhans #Histiocytosis ... #LCH #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 ... central dot. - LIP #Clinical ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
In a later stage the nodules start to cavitate and become cysts.
These cysts start as round
cysts start as round ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LCH #LangerhansCellHistiocytosis ... #Late #Histiocytosis ... #Cavitary #RadiologyAssistant
Cystic versus Reticular
It can be difficult to determine whether we are dealing with a reticular pattern
The CXR is of a ... Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Interstitial #Langerhans #LangerhansCellHistiocytosis ... #LCH #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
the central dot sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... LCH #LangerhansCellHistiocytosis ... #Cystic #RadiologyAssistant
There is an atelectasis of the left upper lobe.
You would not expect the apical region to
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LUL #Lobar #Collapse ... #Luftsichel #Sign ... LuftsichelSign #RadiologyAssistant
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LUL #Lobar #Collapse ... #Luftsichel #Sign ... LuftsichelSign #RadiologyAssistant
Right middle lobe atelectasis
First study the x-rays and then continue reading.
What are the findings?
Blurring of the
border (silhouette sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... RML #MiddleLobe #Lobar ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant