Mediastinal lymphadenopathy
Mediastinal lymphadenopathy or mediastinal adenopathy is an enlargement of the mediastinal lymph nodes.
Micrograph of a primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma, a cause of mediastinal lymphadenopathy. H&E stain.
Causes
There are many possible causes of mediastinal lymphadenopathy, including:
- Tuberculosis
- Sarcoidosis
- Lung cancer/oesophageal cancer
- Lymphangitis carcinomatosa
- Cystic fibrosis
- Histoplasmosis
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- Coccidioidomycosis
- Lymphoma[1]
- Whipple's disease[2]
- Goodpasture syndrome
- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Inflammatory response to Silicone (leaked from ruptured implants) which has migrated and collected in mediastinal lymph nodes. Silicone mediastinal lymphadenopathy.
References
- Lymphadenopathy at eMedicine
- Urbanski, Geoffrey; Rivereau, P; Artru, L; Fenollar, F; Raoult, D; Puéchal, X (2012). "Whipple Disease Revealed by Lung Involvement". Chest. 141 (6): 1595–8. doi:10.1378/chest.11-1812. PMID 22670021.
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