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Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... Nodular LCH: - Sarcoidosis ... Cystic LCH: - LAM ... : round cysts, evenly ... #Cysts #Differential
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... (LCH): multiple ... thick walled cysts ... (LAM): regular cysts ... #Pattern #Comparison
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
Low Attenuation pattern ... (LAM): uniform cysts ... LCH: multiple round ... bizarre shaped cysts ... #Pattern #Comparison
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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Emphysema - Lung cysts ... Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Differential #Diagram #Comparison ... TractionBronchiectasis #Cysts
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
is a reticular patern ... recognized that this pattern ... caused by multiple cysts ... challenging differential diagnosis ... #CXR #CTChest #LCH
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
with a nodular pattern ... Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... before the typical cysts ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Comparison
Sellar / Pituitary Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Adenoma - Primary Anterior Pituitary
 - Secreting
- Differential Diagnosis ... • TSH • LH ... Meningioma • Cyst ... Langerhan's Cell • Histiocytosis ... #Differential #Diagnosis