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Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Differential diagnosis ... central dot. - LIP ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Cystic ... #Cysts #Differential
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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Emphysema - Lung cysts ... (LAM, LIP, Langerhans ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... LowAttenuation #Differential
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
you think of the causes ... fibrosis as in UIP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Consolidation #Differential
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... The cystic pattern ... seen and in many cases ... UIP can be suspected ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
In the differential ... can heal and end up ... To differentiate ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Cavity
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Hemoptysis • Coughing up ... Most Common Causes ... : • Cystic fibrosis ... no evidence of cystic ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
Mediastinal Mass - Differential ... the most common causes ... of breath • Chest ... sweats • Coughing up ... Mediastinal #Mass #Differential
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Radiation C - Cystic ... by a rigid chest ... clearance: - Cystic ... lung #diseases #differential ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
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 ... #CXR #Lucency #Differential ... Pulmonary #Diagnosis #Radiology
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
a patient with UIP ... reticular densities caused ... thick walls of the cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #