title: Cystic lung disease: systematic, stepwise diagnosis.
abstract: Once cystic lung disease is confirmed on computed tomography, one can arrive at the likely diagnosis in most cases by taking a systematic, stepwise approach based on the clinical and radiographic features. Here, we describe the features of cystic lung disease that point to lymphangioleiomyomatosis, Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome, pulmonary angerhans cell histiocytosis, interstitial pneumonia, congenital cystic lung disease, pulmonary infection, and systemic disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Duc
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.affiliation: Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Ruchi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. E-mail: mazzonp@ccf.org.
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Mazzone
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed