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Mediastinal masses are discussed in more detail in Mediastinal masses.
Here is just a brief overview. #Diagnosis
#Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Mediastinal #Mass ... #Differential # ... Table #Anterior #Middle ... #Posterior #RadiologyAssistant
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
lung nodules or a mass ... bronchiectasis, as in cystic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Mucus #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
arise within a mass ... In the differential ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Cavity ... #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
- Differential ... (Aneurysm) Middle ... • Middle Mediastinum ... of breath • Chest ... #Differential #
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... The cystic pattern ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
The table on the left is the overall table for mediastinal masses.
In the next paragraphs we
Diagnosis #Pulmonary #Radiology ... #Mediastinal #Mass ... #Differential # ... Table #Anterior #Middle ... #Posterior #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangiomyomatosis:
Langerhans cell histiocytosis: > 90% are smokers, cysts have irregular shapes and the
Differential diagnosis ... another typical case ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Lymphangiomyomatosis ... #LAM #Cystic #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
this pattern was caused ... by multiple cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Histiocytosis #Cystic ... #RadiologyAssistant