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Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
: Upper or middle ... Atelectasis, Nodule / mass ... • Masses: Anterior ... Pericardial effusion • CXR ... #radiology
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Mediastinal Mass:
 • Thymus (Thymoma, carcinoma, hyperplasia, cyst)
 • Lymphoma
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- Differential ... Tumors • Vascular Mases ... lesions (Potts disease ... Diagnosis #pulmonary ... #anterior #middle
Hilum Overlay Sign on Chest X-Ray
If a mass is in contact with the pulmonary vessels then,
contact with the pulmonary ... is thus either anterior ... hilum: In this case ... XRay #clinical #radiology ... #CXR
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework Anterior ... (Aneurysm) Middle ... both Hodgkin's disease ... #Differential #
Summary table of common benign breast diseases and how to manage them. 
Fibroadenoma:
 • Most common
breast diseases ... breast e.g. biopsy, car ... bruising/erythema/sign ... #breast #diseases ... #benign #differential
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... Look for other signs ... chronic heart disease ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
The table on the left is the overall table for mediastinal masses.
In the next paragraphs we
Neurogenic Tumors - Benign ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Mass #Differential ... #Table #Anterior ... #Middle #Posterior
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Edema - Differential ... Causes include: ... acute cardiac disease ... ischemic changes CXR ... #diagnosis #cardiology