Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis



 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or arterial great vessel congential abnormality (ex: duplicated SVC)

 • Pulmonary: Upper or middle lobe collapse, Atelectasis, Nodule / mass

 • Masses: Anterior mediastinal (Thymoma, Thyroid, Lymphoma, Germ cell tumor), Middle mediastinal, Posterior mediastinal

 • Lymphadenopathy

 • Pericardial: Pneumomediastinum, Pericardial effusion

 • CXR rotation



By @PulmPEEPs



#Mediastinal #Widening #Differential #Diagnosis #pulmonary #radiology