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Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
of Langerhans cell ... : round cysts, evenly ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Cystic ... #Cysts #Differential
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 ... LIP, Langerhans cell ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... TractionBronchiectasis #Cysts
On the left three different patients with lung cysts.
From left to right: Lymphangiomyomatosis, LIP and Langerhans
patients with lung ... cysts. ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Cystic #Comparison
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
Centrilobular emphysema ... Langerhans cell ... multiple thick walled cysts ... (LAM): regular cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
the surrounding lung ... or Langerhans cell ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... Emphysema #Comparison
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangiomyomatosis:
Langerhans cell histiocytosis: > 90% are smokers, cysts have irregular shapes and the
Differential diagnosis ... Lymphangiomyomatosis: Langerhans cell ... 90% are smokers, cysts ... Centrilobular emphysema ... #Clinical #Radiology
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
with Langerhans cell ... caused by multiple cysts ... challenging differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
Langerhans cell ... before the typical cysts ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #Nodular
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... old calcified empyema ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR # ... Oleothorax #NEJM
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis- Computed tomography of the chest, reconstructed in the coronal plane at the level of the
intraparenchymal pulmonary cysts ... numerous thin-walled cysts ... markers lined the cyst ... #LAM #radiology ... wedge #biopsy #NEJM