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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 ... #LowAttenuation ... #Cysts #Emphysema
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
Centrilobular emphysema ... multiple thick walled cysts ... (LAM): regular cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Cystic #Pattern
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
(LAM): uniform cysts ... bizarre shaped cysts ... Honeycombing 4. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Cystic #Pattern
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
The cystic pattern ... When the cysts have ... pattern on a CXR ... seen and in many cases ... #Pulmonary #CXR
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
film is a reticular ... was caused by multiple ... cysts. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #