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There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
attached to the chest ... There is a lung cyst ... LAM is a rare lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
On HRCT there are ... On a Chest X-Ray ... The cystic pattern ... When the cysts have ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangiomyomatosis:
Langerhans cell histiocytosis: > 90% are smokers, cysts have irregular shapes and the
smokers, cysts ... of LAM. ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... Lymphangiomyomatosis #LAM ... #Cystic #RadiologyAssistant
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
view On the PA chest-film ... look for is the azygoesophageal ... Anatomy #Radiology #CXR ... Normal #Labeled #Azygoesophageal ... ParatrachealStripe #RadiologyAssistant
Key findings in Lymphangiomyomatosis:
Numerous thin-walled cysts, surrounded by normal parenchyma.
Cysts range from 2mm to 5cm in
Cysts are distributed ... of LAM with multiple ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... Lymphangiomyomatosis #LAM ... #Cystic #RadiologyAssistant
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
bronchiectasis, as in cystic ... In this case there ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CTChest #MucoidImpaction ... Mucus #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
Another common cause of displacement of the azygoesophageal line is subcarinal lymphadenopathy.
Notice the displacement of the
displacement of the azygoesophageal ... line on the chest ... There are also nodes ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Displacement #RadiologyAssistant
Cystic versus Reticular
It can be difficult to determine whether we are dealing with a reticular pattern
determine whether we are ... The CXR is of a ... On the CXR it is ... #CTChest #Cystic ... LangerhansCellHistiocytosis #LCH #RadiologyAssistant
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level.
The upper lobe is still attached to the chest wall
attached to the chest ... There is a lung cyst ... LAM is a rare lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a case with multiple cysts that are evenly distributed througout the lung (
with multiple cysts ... Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #LAM #Lymphangiomyomatosis ... #Pneumothorax #RadiologyAssistant