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Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
: round cysts, evenly ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Cystic #Cysts ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
On the left three different patients with lung cysts.
From left to right: Lymphangiomyomatosis, LIP and Langerhans
cysts. ... Lymphangiomyomatosis, LIP ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Cystic #Comparison
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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cysts (LAM, LIP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Diagram #Comparison ... TractionBronchiectasis #Cysts
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 ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Cavity #Cyst #
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... low attenuation (table ... When the cysts have ... UIP can be suspected ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
, like cyst, cavity ... a thick wall Cyst ... visible wall #CXR ... #Cavity #Cyst # ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
a patient with UIP ... thick walls of the cysts ... preference also think 'UIP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
The dominant findig ... by multiple cysts ... diagnosis in this ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #