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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 #Differential ... #Comparison #Table
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
(LAM): uniform cysts ... bizarre shaped cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Pattern #Comparison #Table
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
multiple thick walled cysts ... (LAM): regular cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Pattern #Comparison #Table
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
low attenuation (table ... The cystic pattern ... When the cysts have ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Nodular pattern(2)
1. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic distribution, along fissures, adenopathy.
2. TB: Tree-in-bud appearance in a patient
before the typical cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Pattern #Comparison #Table
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
the lung, like cyst ... since in many cases ... we describe a chest ... #Differential #Table ... Pulmonary #Diagnosis #Radiology
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
before the typical cysts ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Differential #Comparison #Table
On the left another case of Langerhans' cell histiocytosis.
It started as small noduli, which progressed over
the left another case ... bizarre shaped cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LCH # ... Histiocytosis #Cystic
Key findings in Lymphangiomyomatosis:
Numerous thin-walled cysts, surrounded by normal parenchyma.
Cysts range from 2mm to 5cm in
Numerous thin-walled cysts ... Cysts range from ... Cysts are distributed ... thickness of the cysts ... #CTChest #Lymphangiomyomatosis
Cystic versus Reticular
It can be difficult to determine whether we are dealing with a reticular pattern
Cystic versus Reticular ... LCH is called a cystic ... In many of such cases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #