Mediastinal lymphadenopathy predominates in the anterior mediastinum and the paratracheal regions. When lymphadenopathy involves the hilar regions, it is usually asymmetric. Primary tuberculosis ...

A 49-year-old man was admitted with hypokalemia and paranoia. Small-cell lung cancer had been diagnosed 6 months earlier; he had declined medical therapy and pursued alternative treatment. A diagno ...

Mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy and mild upper lobe–predominant emphysema in both lungs were also present. Pulmonary emboli were not identified.

Mediastinal lymphadenopathy refers to the swelling of the lymph nodes in the chest cavity. Learn more here.

A 21-year-old, nonsmoking, and previously healthy woman was admitted to our hospital due to a dry cough and enlarged hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes on chest X-ray (Figure 1A).

Evaluation of the hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes is part of the surgical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). It is also vital to the staging of lung cancer, which determines the ...

Computed tomography revealed lymphadenopathy in the mediastinal, abdominal, and pelvic lymph nodes, as well as enlargement of the liver and spleen. Additionally, sclerotic lesions throughout the ...

A growing body of evidence has demonstrated the efficacy of EBUS–TBNA in the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer, as well as the diagnosis of benign causes of mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy.

Follow-up radiographs in 1995 and 1996 demonstrated progression of the mediastinal and hilar adenopathy, followed by spontaneous regression in 1997.