Abstract
Honeycomb lung is a radiological term indicating the presence of multiple cysts, usually throughout both lungs. These cysts vary in size from 5 to 20 mm in diameter, and they represent the end point of a number of different disease processes. The diseases which may give rise to this radiological appearance are: diffuse alveolar fibrosis (described on page 65), histiocytosis X, tuberous sclerosis and Von Recklinghausen ’s disease (neurofibromatosis).
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Histiocytosis X
Lieberman, P. H., Jones, C. R., Dargeon, H. W. K. and Begg, C. F., Medicine, 1969, 48, 375.
Engelbreth-Holm J., Teilum G. and Cmristensen E., Ada Medica Scan-dinavica, 1944, 292, 118.
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Pickering, C.A.C., Doyle, L., Carroll, K.B. (1981). Honeycomb Lung. In: Interstitial Lung Disease. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8084-6_4
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