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Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Mediastinal Widening - Differential ... Atelectasis, Nodule / mass ... • Masses: Anterior ... Pericardial effusion • CXR ... #radiology
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 ... proven to be an anterior ... #Chest #XRay #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Pattern - Chest Radiology ... Pattern #Chest #Radiology ... diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical ... #CT
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
Sometimes a CT is ... necessary to differentiate ... fracture from a lung mass ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Old #RibFracture
Empyema Necessitatis - Physical examination revealed a tender, bulging anterior thoracic mass and a small ulcerative
tender, bulging anterior ... thoracic mass and ... wall (Panel C) #Clinical ... #Pulm #Radiology ... #NEJM
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 ... Continue with the PET-CT ... #Clinical #Radiology
Large Hiatal Hernia - A chest radiograph showed a large air–liquid shadow in the inferior retrocardiac
shadow in the inferior ... large retrocardiac mass ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CT #HiatalHernia ... #NEJM
Pericardial Hemangioma on Echocardiogram (PLAX)
DDx on this para-aortic pericardial mass? 
Radiologist on CT: “No enchancement on
ECHO appearance differentials ... lesions CMR = ... after gad the mass ... #PLAX #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
The table on the left is the overall table for mediastinal masses.
In the next paragraphs we
Neurogenic Tumors - Benign ... masses #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Radiology #Mediastinal ... #Mass #Differential ... #Table #Anterior
Chronic Occlusion of the Superior Vena Cava- On physical examination, marked venous dilatation was apparent on
, as seen in a CT ... The inferior vena ... #clinical #photo ... #radiology #CT ... cava #occlusion #NEJM