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On the left three different patients with lung cysts.
From left to right: Lymphangiomyomatosis, LIP and Langerhans
patients with lung ... and Langerhans cell ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Cystic ... #Comparison #LAM
Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
of Langerhans cell ... Cystic LCH: - LAM ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Cystic ... #Comparison #Table
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 ... , Langerhans cell ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Differential #Diagram #Comparison
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
Langerhans cell ... (LAM): regular cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Pattern #Comparison
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 ... cell carcinoma ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Nodular pattern(2)
1. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic distribution, along fissures, adenopathy.
2. TB: Tree-in-bud appearance in a patient
Langerhans cell ... before the typical cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Nodular #Pattern #Comparison
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 #Cavity ... #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
in interstitial lung ... is interstitial lung ... The cystic pattern ... in Langerhans cell ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
On the left another case of Langerhans' cell histiocytosis.
It started as small noduli, which progressed over
of Langerhans' cell ... bizarre shaped cysts ... replace normal lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LCH #
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 ... #Differential #Comparison