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Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
mass • Masses: Anterior ... Lymphoma, Germ cell ... Middle mediastinal, Posterior ... Pericardial effusion • CXR ... #radiology
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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pulse/BP Giant cell ... Polyarteritis nodosa: - Skin ... sinusitis - pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Table
The table on the left is the overall table for mediastinal masses.
In the next paragraphs we
tumors - Germ cell ... #Radiology #Mediastinal ... #Mass #Differential ... #Table #Anterior ... #Middle #Posterior
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
e.g. incidental CXR ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... nodes: 13-15%, skin ... papules, nodules; anterior ... /posterior MSK,