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Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... Nodular LCH: - Sarcoidosis ... : round cysts, evenly ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Cystic #Cysts
On the left three different patients with lung cysts.
From left to right: Lymphangiomyomatosis, LIP and Langerhans
patients with lung cysts ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Cystic #Comparison ... #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in Langerhans cell histiocytosis:
Early stage:
- Small irregular or stellate nodules in centrilobular location.
Late stage
airspaces Cysts ... There are no cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LCH # ... #Early #Histiocytosis
Nodular pattern(2)
1. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic distribution, along fissures, adenopathy.
2. TB: Tree-in-bud appearance in a patient
: early nodular ... before the typical cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Comparison #Table
On the left radiological pathological correlation of Langerhans cell histiocytosis in respectively nodular stage and early
in respectively nodular ... stage and early ... and late cystic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pathology #CTChest
On the left another case of Langerhans' cell histiocytosis.
It started as small noduli, which progressed over
bizarre shaped cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LCH # ... LangerhansCellHistiocytosis ... #Cystic #RadiologyAssistant
Langerhans cell histiocytosis is an uncommon disease characterised by multiple cysts in patients with nicotine abuse.
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characterised by multiple cysts ... In a very early ... cavitate and become cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LangerhansCellHistiocytosis
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
: early nodular ... before the typical cysts ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #Nodular
In a later stage the nodules start to cavitate and become cysts.
These cysts start as round
later stage the nodules ... cavitate and become cysts ... These cysts start ... bizarre shaped cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology
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 ... Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... TractionBronchiectasis #Cysts