title: Cysts, cavities, and honeycombing in multisystem disorders: differential diagnosis and findings on thin-section CT.
abstract: Pulmonary cysts, cavities, and honeycombing are seen in a number of systemic disorders. The purpose of this review is to discuss the findings on thin-section computed tomography (CT) in both congenital and acquired multisystem conditions that give rise to multiple cystic spaces in the lungs. Conditions discussed include lymphangioleiomyomatosis, Langerhan's cell histiocytosis, lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia, and Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome, with reference to specific features that may be helpful in the differentiation of these conditions on CT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Addenbrooke's hospital, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Babar
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Griffin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009181:Mycoses / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging