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Neck Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Inflammatory:
 • Viral (reactive): EBV, HIV
 • Bacterial: Staph/Strep, Tularemia, Brucella
Congenital: • Thyroglossal ... Duct Cyst, Branchial ... Cleft Cyst Neoplasm ... Benign: Lipoma, Cyst
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 ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... TractionBronchiectasis #Cysts ... Emphysema #SignetRing #RadiologyAssistant
On the left three different patients with lung cysts.
From left to right: Lymphangiomyomatosis, LIP and Langerhans
patients with lung cysts ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CTChest ... Histiocytosis #RadiologyAssistant
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
(LAM): uniform cysts ... bizarre shaped cysts ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
Cysts occur without ... Cysts usually contain ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CTChest ... #Cavity #Cyst # ... Emphysema #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
: - LAM: round cysts ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CTChest ... #Cystic #Cysts ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
multiple thick walled cysts ... (LAM): regular cysts ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Septic emboli
On a follow up CXR only a small lungcyst is seen. #Clinical #Radiology #CXR #Lateral
#CXR #Lateral #Cyst ... #RadiologyAssistant
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 ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
#Clinical #Radiology #CXR #CTChest #Longstanding #Sarcoidosis #Fibrosis #Conglomerate #Nodules #RadiologyAssistant
Radiology #CXR #CTChest ... Conglomerate #Nodules #RadiologyAssistant