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Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Differential diagnosis ... Cystic LCH: - LAM ... #Cysts #Differential ... #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Multiple masses
The differential diagnostic list of multiple masses is very long.
The most important diagnoses are listed
The differential ... is very long. ... listed in the table ... Management #Radiology #Lung ... #RadiologyAssistant
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 (LAM, LIP ... LowAttenuation #Differential ... #Diagram #Comparison ... Emphysema #SignetRing #RadiologyAssistant
Nodular pattern(2)
1. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic distribution, along fissures, adenopathy.
2. TB: Tree-in-bud appearance in a patient
TB: Tree-in-bud appearance ... before the typical cysts ... Nodular #Pattern #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... low attenuation (table ... seen and in many cases ... #RadiologyAssistant
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
can mimick the appearance ... of lung nodules ... bronchiectasis, as in cystic ... bronchial obstruction caused ... Mucus #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
TB: Tree-in-bud appearance ... before the typical cysts ... NodularPattern #Differential ... #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
you think of the causes ... or tumor cells (Table ... UIP, NSIP and long ... Consolidation #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Cystic lung disease
Lung cysts are defined as radiolucent areas with a wall thickness of less than
Cystic lung disease ... Lung cysts are ... Cystic lung diseases ... listed in the table ... #Differential #
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
In the differential ... To differentiate ... the surrounding lung ... #Emphysema #Comparison ... #RadiologyAssistant