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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 ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Cystic ... #Differential #Comparison
Nodular pattern(2)
1. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic distribution, along fissures, adenopathy.
2. TB: Tree-in-bud appearance in a patient
Nodular pattern( ... Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Comparison #Table
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... (LCH): multiple ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Cystic #Pattern #Comparison
On the left three different patients with lung cysts.
From left to right: Lymphangiomyomatosis, LIP and Langerhans
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Cystic #Comparison ... #LAM #LIP #Histiocytosis
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #Nodular ... #Differential #Comparison
On the left radiological pathological correlation of Langerhans cell histiocytosis in respectively nodular stage and early
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... in respectively nodular ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pathology #CTChest ... #Microscopy #LCH
Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
Nodular pattern ... centrilobular nodules ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Comparison #Table
On the left another case of Langerhans' cell histiocytosis.
It started as small noduli, which progressed over
Langerhans' cell histiocytosis ... started as small noduli ... to cavitating nodules ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LCH #
In a later stage the nodules start to cavitate and become cysts.
These cysts start as round
later stage the nodules ... patients with LCH ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LCH # ... LangerhansCellHistiocytosis #Late #Histiocytosis
Langerhans cell histiocytosis is an uncommon disease characterised by multiple cysts in patients with nicotine abuse.
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Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... patients show only nodules ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LangerhansCellHistiocytosis ... #LCH #Nodular #