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Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Differential diagnosis ... Nodular LCH: - Sarcoidosis ... central dot. - LIP #Clinical ... Cystic #Cysts #Differential ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Perilymphatic distribution
Perilymphatic nodules are most commonly seen in sarcoidosis.
They also occur in silicosis, coal-worker's pneumoconiosis and
the overlap in differential ... nodules and the nodular ... Perilymphatic #Nodular ... #Differential # ... RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
diseases with a nodular ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... Pulmonary #CTChest #Nodular ... NodularPattern #Differential ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Nodular pattern(2)
1. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic distribution, along fissures, adenopathy.
2. TB: Tree-in-bud appearance in a patient
Nodular pattern( ... histiocytosis: early nodular ... #Clinical #Radiology ... HRCT #CTChest #Nodular ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
Nodular pattern ... #Clinical #Radiology ... HRCT #CTChest #Nodular ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
opacities - Fine Nodular ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis #Clinical ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Tree-in-bud
In centrilobular nodules the recognition of 'tree-in-bud' is of value for narrowing the differential diagnosis.
Tree-in-bud describes
narrowing the differential ... irregular and often nodular ... TreeInBud #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
edema, blood or tumor ... Consolidation #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
Algorithm for nodular ... NodularPattern #Nodular ... MultipleNodules #Nodules #Differential ... #Algorithm #RadiologyAssistant
Duodenal Mass Lesions - Differential Diagnosis
- Prolapsing Gastric Polyp
- Heterotopic Gastric Mucosa
- Brunner Gland Hyperplasia
- Lymphoid
Mass Lesions - Differential ... Hyperplasia - Lymphoid Nodular ... Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor ... Mass #Lesions #Differential