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Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
Langerhans cell ... multiple thick walled cysts ... Honeycombing. 4. ... (LAM): regular cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology
On the left three different patients with lung cysts.
From left to right: Lymphangiomyomatosis, LIP and Langerhans
patients with lung cysts ... left to right: Lymphangiomyomatosis ... , LIP and Langerhans ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
Lymphangiomyomatosis ... (LAM): uniform cysts ... bizarre shaped cysts ... Honeycombing 4. ... #Clinical #Radiology
On the left another case of Langerhans' cell histiocytosis.
It started as small noduli, which progressed over
of Langerhans' ... bizarre shaped cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LCH #LangerhansCellHistiocytosis ... #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in Langerhans cell histiocytosis:
Early stage:
- Small irregular or stellate nodules in centrilobular location.
Late stage
airspaces Cysts ... There are no cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LCH #LangerhansCellHistiocytosis ... Histiocytosis #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangiomyomatosis:
Langerhans cell histiocytosis: > 90% are smokers, cysts have irregular shapes and the
: Langerhans cell ... 90% are smokers, cysts ... another typical case ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #LAM #Cystic #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a case with multiple round and bizarre shaped cysts.
There was an upper lobe
On the left a case ... bizarre shaped cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LangerhansCellHistiocytosis ... #LCH #RadiologyAssistant
Cystic versus Reticular
It can be difficult to determine whether we are dealing with a reticular pattern
a patient with Langerhans ... In many of such cases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #LangerhansCellHistiocytosis ... #LCH #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
When the cysts have ... walls like in Langerhans ... histiocytosis or honeycombing ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Langerhans cell histiocytosis is an uncommon disease characterised by multiple cysts in patients with nicotine abuse.
In
Langerhans cell ... characterised by multiple cysts ... cavitate and become cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #LCH #Nodular #RadiologyAssistant