Calcified mediastinal lymph nodes (differential)

Metabolic and
storage lung diseases: spectrum of imaging appearances. A man with lymph node amyloidosis. Contrast-enhanced CT image shows bulky calcified mediastinal lymph node enlargement with severe mass effect on the superior vena cava, leading to development of venous collaterals

Calcified
mediastinal lymph nodes (differential) • Calcified lymphadenopathy - from tuberculosis - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Calcified
mediastinal lymph nodes (differential) • Calcified mediastinal lymphadenopathy - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Calcified
mediastinal lymph nodes (differential) • Calcified abdominal lymph nodes - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Calcified
mediastinal lymph nodes (differential) • Metastatic papillary thyroid cancer - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Calcified
mediastinal lymph nodes (differential) • Silicosis - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Calcified
mediastinal lymph nodes (differential) • Calcified anterior mediastinal nodes (post-radiotherapy) - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Calcified
mediastinal lymph nodes (differential) • Calcified mediastinal lymph node after radiotherapy - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Calcified
mediastinal lymph nodes (differential) • Calcified mediastinal lymph nodes - treated lymphoma - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Silicosis •
Silicosis - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia
There are numerous causes of calcified mediastinal lymph nodes.
Common causes include:
- infectious granulomatous diseases
- 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
See also
Siehe auch:
- Tuberkulose
- Sarkoidose
- Silikose
- Lymphom
- Systemische Sklerodermie
- Amyloidose
- Morbus Castleman
- Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonie
- Eierschalenverkalkungen
- mediastinale Lymphknotenstationen
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