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

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework Anterior ... Mediastinal Tumors: • Anterior ... This is a rare cause ... #Differential #Diagnosis
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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Emphysema - Lung cysts ... (LAM, LIP, Langerhans ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... TractionBronchiectasis #Cysts
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 #
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
There is a lung cyst ... is a possible diagnosis ... airways leading to pulmonary ... cyst formation ... #Clinical #Radiology
Sellar / Pituitary Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Adenoma - Primary Anterior Pituitary
 - Secreting
Sellar / Pituitary Mass ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Adenoma - Primary Anterior ... Meningioma • Cyst ... endocrinology #causes
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
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