title: The radiologic differential diagnosis of diffuse lung diseases characterized by multiple cysts or cavities.
abstract: A variety of pulmonary diseases have diffuse cystic abnormalities within the lungs, including emphysema, cystic bronchiectasis, desquamative interstitial pneumonia, lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia, usual interstitial pneumonia, lymphangioleiomyomatosis, Langerhans histiocytosis, cystic metastasis, Wegener granulomatosis, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, pulmonary paragonimiasis, and septic pulmonary emboli. CT can easily detect cystic abnormalities as common features in many diseases. However, some characteristic pattern of them can facilitate specific diagnoses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung-Hee
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jin Seong
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: Koun-Sik
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Tae-Hwan
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed