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Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Mediastinal Mass:
 • Thymus (Thymoma, carcinoma, hyperplasia, cyst)
 • Lymphoma
 •
- Differential ... Diagnosis Anterior ... Tumors • Vascular Mases ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #pulmonary
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Atelectasis, Nodule / mass ... • Masses: Anterior ... Thymoma, Thyroid, Lymphoma ... Pericardial effusion • CXR ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Causes of Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Anterior Mediastinal Mass:
 • Thyroid
 • Thymoma
 • Teratoma
Causes of Mediastinal ... Mass - Differential ... Anterior Mediastinal ... • "Terrible" Lymphoma ... #Causes
Neck Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Inflammatory:
 • Viral (reactive): EBV, HIV
 • Bacterial: Staph/Strep, Tularemia, Brucella
Neck Mass - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Salivary Glands, Lymphoma ... SCC, Melanoma • Benign ... Diagnosis #causes
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Anterior Mediastinal ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #causes
Causes of Pediatric Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
CXR Abnormal:
 • Pulmonary Sequestration
 • Congenital Adenoid Cystic
Causes of Pediatric ... Wheezing - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... CXR Abnormal: ... • Mediastinal Mass
Summary table of common benign breast diseases and how to manage them. 
Fibroadenoma:
 • Most common
Fluid-filled, round mass ... breast e.g. biopsy, car ... #differential # ... diagnosis #surgery ... #causes #table
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
supraclavicular node • Anterior ... mediastinal mass ... X-ray (Mediastinal mass ... Immunohistochemical studies (to differentiate ... #diagnosis #classification
Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
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A solitary pulmonary nodule or
The differential ... diagnosis of SPN ... the same as of a mass ... most commonly benign ... and are called masses
The table on the left is the overall table for mediastinal masses.
In the next paragraphs we
common are: - Lymphomas ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Mediastinal #Mass ... #Differential # ... Table #Anterior