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Mediastinal masses are discussed in more detail in Mediastinal masses.
Here is just a brief overview. #Diagnosis
#Mediastinal #Mass ... #Differential # ... Table #Anterior ... #Middle #Posterior ... #RadiologyAssistant
The mediastinum can be divided into an anterior, middle and posterior compartment, each with it's own
, middle and posterior ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Anterior #Middle ... #Compartments #RadiologyAssistant
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Mediastinal Widening - Differential ... Pulmonary: Upper or middle ... Atelectasis, Nodule / mass ... • Masses: Anterior ... Pericardial effusion • CXR
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
lie against the anterior ... the lingula or middle ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Cardiac #Incisura #RadiologyAssistant
Lungcancer
10% of lungcancers cavitate, most commonly squamous cell carcinoma.
Small cell lungcancer does not cavitate.
Bronchoalveolar carcinoma, or
started as a small mass ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LungCancer ... #Cancer #Cavity ... #Cavitary #RadiologyAssistant
The table on the left is the overall table for mediastinal masses.
In the next paragraphs we
#Mediastinal #Mass ... #Differential # ... Table #Anterior ... #Middle #Posterior ... #RadiologyAssistant
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
arise within a mass ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Cavity #Cyst # ... Emphysema #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
In some patients an extra joint is seen in the anterior part of the first rib
is seen in the anterior ... simulate a lung mass ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #FirstRib ... #Pseudotumor #RadiologyAssistant
First study the CXR.
We know that in some cases there is an extra joint in the
First study the CXR ... extra joint in the anterior ... may simulate a mass ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Apical #FirstRib #RadiologyAssistant
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
is necessary to differentiate ... fracture from a lung mass ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Old #RibFracture ... #Pseudotumor #RadiologyAssistant