Cystic Disease of the Lung

This term is not usually used to refer to the focal lucencies associated with emphysema

Common (relatively )

• • • Emphysema Cystic Type
    • Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis 
    • Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonia
    • Lymphocytic Interstitial Pneumonia
    • IPF (associated with decreased lung volumes)
      • Honeycomb
• Lesions Masquerading as Cysts
  • • Bulla
    • Bronchiectasis
    • Cavitating Nodules or Masses
    • Sarcoidosis
    • Honeycomb
• Diseases that present with signs/symptoms of infection:
  • • Pneumocystis jirovecii infection
      Hydatid disease
• Congenital Cystic Lung Disease
  • • Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation
    • Sequestration
    • Bronchogenic cyst

• Multisystemic diseases that primarily present with extrapulmonary signs/symptoms:
  • • Amyloidosis
    • Neurofibromatosis type 1
    • light chain deposition disease
    • Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
• Idiopathic
  • LAM (associated with increased lung volumes)

• References and Links

• Videos
  • AUR
    

    Title	web link
    Cystic Lung Disease	AUR Cardiothoracic Imaging

• Web Links
  • Radiopaedia
• Journals
  • Masanori, Akira Radiographic Differentiation of Advanced Fibrocystic Lung Diseases ATS
  • Diffuse cystic lung disease AJR