Mediastinal lymph node enlargement
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Mediastinal lymph node enlargement can occur from a wide range of pathologies. It may occur on its own in association with other lung pathology.
Pathology
The spectrum of conditions than can result in mediastinal lymphadenopathy is exhaustive and includes:
- sarcoidosis (see: pulmonary manifestations of sarcoidosis)
- primary lung lung cancer
- metastatic malignancies to the mediastinum from other sites
- mediastinal lymphoma
- Kaposi sarcoma
- certain non lymphomatous pulmonary lymphoid disorders
- infective aetiology
- pulmonary infection, e.g. pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis
- thoracic histoplasmosis
- occupational lung disease
- mediastinal lymphadenopathy in interstitial lung disease
- as a pulmonary manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (rare) 5
- medication-related, e.g. phenytoin, methotrexate 6
See also
-<a href="/articles/sarcoidosis-1">sarcoidosis</a> (see: <a href="/articles/sarcoidosis-pulmonary-and-mediastinal-manifestations">pulmonary manifestations of sarcoidosis</a>)</li>- +<a href="/articles/sarcoidosis-1">sarcoidosis</a> (see: <a href="/articles/sarcoidosis-thoracic-manifestations-2">pulmonary manifestations of sarcoidosis</a>)</li>
-<a href="/articles/lymphomatoid-granulomatosis">lymphomatoid granulomatosis</a> - <a href="/articles/lymphomatoid-granulomatosis-pulmonary-manifestations">pulmonary manifestations of lymphomatoid granulomatosis</a>- +<a href="/articles/lymphomatoid-granulomatosis">lymphomatoid granulomatosis</a> - <a href="/articles/lymphomatoid-granulomatosis-pulmonary-manifestations-1">pulmonary manifestations of lymphomatoid granulomatosis</a>
-<li><a href="/articles/missing">angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy (AILD)</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/peroneus-brevis-1">angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy (AILD)</a></li>
-<a href="/articles/pulmonary-infection">pulmonary infection</a>, e.g. pneumonia, <a href="/articles/tuberculosis-pulmonary-manifestations">pulmonary tuberculosis</a>- +<a href="/articles/pulmonary-infection">pulmonary infection</a>, e.g. pneumonia, <a href="/articles/tuberculosis-pulmonary-manifestations-1">pulmonary tuberculosis</a>
-<li>as a <a href="/articles/rheumatoid-arthritis-pulmonary-manifestations">pulmonary manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis</a> (rare)<sup> 5</sup>- +<li>as a <a href="/articles/rheumatoid-arthritis-pulmonary-manifestations-1">pulmonary manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis</a> (rare)<sup> 5</sup>
-<li><a href="/articles/high-attenuating-lymphadenopathy">high attenuating lymphadenopathy</a></li>-<li><a href="/articles/differential-diagnosis-of-calcified-mediastinal-lymph-nodes">calcified mediastinal nodes</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/high-attenuation-lymphadenopathy-1">high attenuating lymphadenopathy</a></li>
- +<li><a title="Bilateral hilar lymph node enlargement" href="/articles/bilateral-hilar-lymph-node-enlargement">bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/calcified-mediastinal-lymph-nodes-differential">calcified mediastinal nodes</a></li>
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