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Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Nodular LCH: - Sarcoidosis ... central dot. - LIP #Clinical ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Cystic ... #Comparison #Table
On the left three different patients with lung cysts.
From left to right: Lymphangiomyomatosis, LIP and Langerhans
patients with lung cysts ... Lymphangiomyomatosis, LIP and ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Cystic #Comparison
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
(LAM): uniform cysts ... multiple round and ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Pattern #Comparison
Nodular pattern(2)
1. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic distribution, along fissures, adenopathy.
2. TB: Tree-in-bud appearance in a patient
Nodular pattern( ... before the typical cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Comparison #Table
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... patterns: reticular, nodular ... The cystic pattern ... When the cysts have ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
before the typical cysts ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #Nodular ... #Differential #Comparison
Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
Nodular pattern ... next to pleura and ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Comparison #Table
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... opacities - Fine Nodular ... Masses Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
attached to the chest ... is a possible diagnosis ... formation and pneumothorax ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
the differential diagnosis ... cysts. ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... Emphysema #Comparison