Mediastinal lymphadenopathy explained

Mediastinal lymphadenopathy or mediastinal adenopathy is an enlargement of the mediastinal lymph nodes.

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
• Whipple's disease^[1]
• Goodpasture syndrome
• Hypersensitivity pneumonitis

Inflammatory response to Silicone (leaked from ruptured implants) which has migrated and collected in mediastinal lymph nodes. Silicone mediastinal lymphadenopathy.

See also

• Lymphadenopathy
• Mediastinum
• Mediastinal lymph node
• Mediastinal mass
• Neoplasia

Notes and References

1. 10.1378/chest.11-1812 . 22670021 . Whipple Disease Revealed by Lung Involvement . Chest . 141 . 6 . 1595–8 . 2012 . Urbanski . Geoffrey . Rivereau . P . Artru . L . Fenollar . F . Raoult . D . Puéchal . X .