Anterior Mediastinal Mass

• Anterior Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy:
  • Lymphoma
  • Hodgkin’s Disease:
  • Metastases to Anterior Mediastinal Nodes:
    • Breast cancer
    • Renal cell cancer
    • Testicular cancer
  • Benign Lymph Node Hyperplasia:
  • Angioimmunoblastic Lymphadenopathy (AILD): see ILD, Lymphadenopathy
  • Sarcoidosis:
  • Granulomatous Infection:
    • TB: see Middle Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy
    • Histo:
    • Blasto:
    • Cocci:
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders of the Lung:
    • Nodular Lymphoid Hyperplasia (Pseudolymphoma):
    • LIP:
    • MALToma:
• Thyroid (Intrathoracic Goiter) (see [[Goiter]])
• Teratoid/Germ Cell: teratoma, dermoid cyst,

• Lymphoma

• Mediastinal Fibrosis (see [[Mediastinal Fibrosis]])

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Middle Mediastinal Mass

• Middle Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy:
  • Bacterial Lung Abscess:
  • [[Tuberculosis]]
  • [[Histoplasmosis]]
  • [[Blastomycosis]]
  • [[Coccidioidomycosis]]
  • [[Measles]]
  • [[Cat Scratch Fever]]
  • [[Pertussis]]
  • [[Epstein-Barr Virus|Mononucleosis]]
  • [[Plague]]
  • [[Tularemia]]
  • Drug Reaction
  • [[Castlemans Disease]] (Giant Lymph Node Hyperplasia)
  • [[Rheumatoid Arthritis]]
  • [[SLE]]
  • [[Amyloidosis]]
  • [[Silicosis]]
  • [[Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis]]
  • [[Berylliosis]]
  • [[Sarcoidosis]]
  • [[Hodgkins Disease]]
  • [[Lymphoma]]
  • Leukemia
  • Metastases to Middle Mediastinal Nodes
    • Breast cancer
    • Renal cell cancer
    • Testicular cancer
  • [[Angioimmunoblastic Lymphadenopathy]]
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders of the Lung:
    • Nodular Lymphoid Hyperplasia (Pseudolymphoma)
    • [[Lymphocytic Interstitial Pneumonia]]
    • MALToma:
• Neoplasm
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• Thyroid (Intrathoracic Goiter) (see [[Goiter]])
• Mediastinal Lipomatosis (see [[Mediastinal Lipomatosis]])
• Mediastinal Fibrosis (see [[Mediastinal Fibrosis]])

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Posterior Mediastinal Mass

• Posterior Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy
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• Neoplasm
  • Schwannoma (see [[Schwannoma]])
  • Chemodectoma (see [[Chemodectoma]])
  • Ganglioneuroma (see [[Ganglioneuroma]])
  • Teratoma (see [[Teratoma]])
  • Vagal Nerve Neurofibroma (see [[Neurofibromatosis]])
• Meningocele (see [[Neurofibromatosis]])
• Thyroid (Intrathoracic Goiter) (see [[Goiter]])
• Paraesophageal Varices (see [[Paraesophageal Varices]])

• Phremochromocytoma (see [[Pheochromocytoma]])

• Mediastinal Fibrosis (see [[Mediastinal Fibrosis]])

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Mediastinal Adenopathy

• Cancer: Lung Ca, NHL, Hodgkin’s, Seminoma
• Infection: TB, Cocci, Histo
• Sarcoid:
• CF:
• ABPA: case reports
• Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (AEP)