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There are numerous causes of calcified mediastinal lymph nodes.

Common causes include:

infectious granulomatous diseases
- tuberculosis
- histoplasmosis
sarcoidosis
silicosis
treated lymphoma

Uncommon causes include:

Pneumocystis jiroveci (PCP) pneumonia
metastases
- thyroid carcinoma: papillary and medullary subtypes
- certain mucinous tumor metastases
  - mucinous ovarian cystadenocarcinoma
  - mucinous colonic adenocarcinoma
- osteogenic sarcoma
- lung cancer: uncommon, may be seen in metastatic bronchial carcinoid tumors
amyloidosis
scleroderma
Castleman disease

differential diagnosis of calcified mediastinal lymph nodes

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