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Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Pulmonary: Upper or middle ... Nodule / mass • Masses ... Germ cell tumor), Middle ... Pericardial effusion • CXR ... Diagnosis #pulmonary #radiology
The mediastinum can be divided into an anterior, middle and posterior compartment, each with it's own
The mediastinum ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Anterior #Middle ... #Posterior #Mediastinum
Mediastinal masses are discussed in more detail in Mediastinal masses.
Here is just a brief overview. #Diagnosis
Mediastinal masses ... masses. ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Mediastinal #Mass ... Table #Anterior #Middle
Algorithm for the Evaluation and Management of Sickle Cell Crises
Clinical Manifestations and Management

#Diagnosis #Management #Hematology #SickleCell
Algorithm for the Evaluation ... of Sickle Cell Crises ... Clinical Manifestations ... Workup #Algorithm #Ddxof
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
pyelonephritis Most common cause ... Consider BCx, CSF evaluation ... diagnosed with CXR ... SeriousBacterialIllness #Ddxof
A 50 yo F with a history of poor dentition presents to the ED with fever
A CXR is done. ... Cavitary lesion in R middle ... lung abscess #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
most frequently caused ... The other cause ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Acute #Interstitial
Hilum Overlay Sign on Chest X-Ray
If a mass is in contact with the pulmonary vessels then,
hilum: In this case ... be an anterior mediastinal ... #Chest #XRay #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
fibrotic lung disease caused ... Mediastinal lymph ... Fibrosis #Silicosis #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
This causes a density ... the lingula or middle ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #