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Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
Lymphangiomyomatosis ... (LAM): uniform ... effusion; sometimes pneumothorax ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
There is a lung cyst ... leading to pulmonary cyst ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a case with multiple cysts that are evenly distributed througout the lung (
with multiple cysts ... Notice the pneumothorax ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pneumothorax # ... RadiologyAssistant
Key findings in Lymphangiomyomatosis:
Numerous thin-walled cysts, surrounded by normal parenchyma.
Cysts range from 2mm to 5cm in
Key findings in Lymphangiomyomatosis ... Recurrent pneumothorax ... complicated by a pneumothorax ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #LAM #Cystic #RadiologyAssistant
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level.
The upper lobe is still attached to the chest wall
There is a lung cyst ... leading to pulmonary cyst ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax ... #RadiologyAssistant