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On the left three different patients with lung cysts.
From left to right: Lymphangiomyomatosis, LIP and Langerhans
patients with lung cysts ... left to right: Lymphangiomyomatosis ... Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Cystic
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... Lymphangiomyomatosis ... (LAM): regular cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangiomyomatosis:
Langerhans cell histiocytosis: > 90% are smokers, cysts have irregular shapes and the
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... 90% are smokers, cysts ... another typical case ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Lymphangiomyomatosis
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
On a Chest X-Ray ... When the cysts have ... Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
On the left a case with multiple cysts that are evenly distributed througout the lung (
On the left a case ... with multiple cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LAM # ... Lymphangiomyomatosis
On the left a case with multiple round and bizarre shaped cysts.
There was an upper lobe
On the left a case ... bizarre shaped cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LangerhansCellHistiocytosis ... #Langerhans #Histiocytosis
On the left another case of Langerhans' cell histiocytosis.
It started as small noduli, which progressed over
the left another case ... Langerhans' cell histiocytosis ... bizarre shaped cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LCH #
Key findings in Lymphangiomyomatosis:
Numerous thin-walled cysts, surrounded by normal parenchyma.
Cysts range from 2mm to 5cm in
Key findings in Lymphangiomyomatosis ... Cysts range from ... left a typical case ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Lymphangiomyomatosis
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... this pattern was caused ... by multiple cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Cystic versus Reticular
It can be difficult to determine whether we are dealing with a reticular pattern
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... In many of such cases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #