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Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Differential diagnosis ... : round cysts, evenly ... #CTChest #Cystic ... #Cysts #Differential ... #Comparison #Table
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
them from cysts ... Cysts occur without ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Cavity #Cyst # ... Emphysema #Comparison
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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- Lung cysts (LAM ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Diagram #Comparison ... TractionBronchiectasis #Cysts
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
the lung, like cyst ... a thick wall Cyst ... CavitaryLesion #Cavity #Cyst ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
Patterns - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Attenuation: • Emphysema ... Antitripsyn Def • Cysts ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
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 ... #Comparison #Table
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangiomyomatosis:
Langerhans cell histiocytosis: > 90% are smokers, cysts have irregular shapes and the
Differential diagnosis ... 90% are smokers, cysts ... Centrilobular emphysema ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Lymphangiomyomatosis
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
caused by multiple cysts ... diagnosis in this ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Histiocytosis #Cystic