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Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Mediastinal Mass:
 • Thymus (Thymoma, carcinoma, hyperplasia, cyst)
 • Lymphoma
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... fibroma/sarcoma) Middle ... Tumors • Vascular Mases ... #pulmonary #anterior ... #middle #posterior
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
arise within a mass ... the differential diagnosis ... associated pulmonary ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
- Differential Diagnosis ... (Aneurysm) Middle ... • Middle Mediastinum ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes #mediastinum
Causes of Pediatric Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
CXR Abnormal:
 • Pulmonary Sequestration
 • Congenital Adenoid Cystic
Causes of Pediatric ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Abnormal: • Pulmonary ... • Bronchogenic Cyst ... • Mediastinal Mass
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
mnemonic for the causes ... cavitating lung mass ... vascular - pulmonary ... - bronchogenic cyst ... #Diagnosis #
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
- Differential Diagnosis ... : Upper or middle ... Atelectasis, Nodule / mass ... • Masses: Anterior ... #pulmonary #radiology
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
the lung, like cyst ... since in many cases ... a thick wall Cyst ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Bronchogenic cyst ... Hemangioma • Tracheal mass ... #causes #pulmonary ... #airway #physicalexam
The table on the left is the overall table for mediastinal masses.
In the next paragraphs we
Tumors - Benign Cysts ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Radiology #Mediastinal ... #Mass #Differential ... Table #Anterior #Middle
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... When the cysts have ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR