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Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Differential diagnosis ... Centrilobular emphysema ... central dot. - LIP ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
chronic HP (right) Differential ... centrilobular emphysema ... In chronic HP fibrotic ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
consolidation - Fibrosis ... Loculated effusion or empyema ... #TB #Patterns #chest ... #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
In the differential ... can heal and end up ... with end-stage fibrosis ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary fibrosis ... On a chest X-ray ... on the CXR. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #Reticular
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
a patient with UIP ... volume loss and fibrotic ... preference also think 'UIP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Longstanding Sarcoidosis
Here a typical chest film in a patient with long standing Sarcoidosis (stage IV).
There is
Here a typical chest ... There is fibrosis ... The differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
most challenging differential ... Emphysema however ... helpfull in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
The differential ... old calcified empyema ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR # ... Oleothorax #NEJM
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
pneumonitis or fibrosis ... patients with a UIP ... disease in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #DrugInduced