Thoracic lymphadenopathy in benign diseases: a state of the art review

Lymphadenopathy is a common radiological finding in many thoracic diseases and may be caused by a variety of infectious, inflammatory, and neoplastic conditions. This review aims to describe the patterns of mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy found in benign diseases in immunocompetent patients. Computed tomography is the method of choice for the evaluation of lymphadenopathy, as it is able to demonstrate increased size of individual nodes, abnormalities of the interface between the mediastinum and lung, invasion of surrounding fat, coalescence of adjacent nodes, obliteration of the mediastinal fat, and hypo- and hyperdensity in lymph nodes.

Source: Respiratory Medicine CME - February 1, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Carlos Schüler Nin, Vinícius Valério Silveira de Souza, Ricardo Holderbaum do Amaral, Roberto Schuhmacher Neto, Giordano Rafael Tronco Alves, Edson Marchiori, Klaus Loureiro Irion, Fernanda Balbinot, Gustavo de Souza Portes Meirelles, Pablo Santana, An Tags: Review article Source Type: research