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Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Cystic LCH: - LAM ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Cysts #Differential ... #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
(LAM): uniform cysts ... LCH: multiple round ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Pattern #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
histiocytosis (LCH ... (LAM): regular cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Pattern #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left radiological pathological correlation of Langerhans cell histiocytosis in respectively nodular stage and early
early and late cystic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... CTChest #Microscopy #LCH ... Histiocytosis #Cavitary ... #RadiologyAssistant
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
since in many cases ... #CXR #Lucency #Differential ... #Table #CavitaryLesion ... #Cavity #Cyst # ... Pulmonary #Diagnosis #Radiology
In a later stage the nodules start to cavitate and become cysts.
These cysts start as round
In a later stage ... of LCH. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Histiocytosis #Cavitary ... #RadiologyAssistant
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
patients with end-stage ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Cavity #Cyst # ... Emphysema #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... low attenuation (table ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
early nodular stage ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
The table on the left is the overall table for mediastinal masses.
In the next paragraphs we
The table on the ... is the overall table ... Diagnosis #Pulmonary #Radiology ... Mediastinal #Mass #Differential ... #Table #Anterior