Pericardial Thickening Gregory Kicska, MD, PhD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Small Pericardial Effusion (Mimic) Malignancy Infectious-Idiopathic Pericarditis Less Common Cardiac Surgery Uremic Pericarditis Radiation-induced Pericarditis Rare but Important Connective Tissue Disease…
Pneumothorax Toms Franquet, MD, PhD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Spontaneous Pneumothorax Traumatic: Blunt or Penetrating Thoracic Injury Iatrogenic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Interstitial Lung Diseases Connective Tissue Diseases Immunologic Infections Mimics of…
High-Attenuation Mass, Mediastinum or Hilum Jud W. Gurney, MD, FACR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Calcified Lymphadenopathy Histoplasmosis Tuberculosis Pneumocystis Pneumonia Mediastinal Fibrosis Goiter Aneurysm Hematoma Less Common Silicosis/Coal Worker’s Pneumoconiosis Neoplastic…
Middle Compartment Mass Christopher M. Walker, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Lymphadenopathy Infection Sarcoidosis Lymphoma Lung Carcinoma and Extrathoracic Metastases Foregut Duplication Cysts Hiatal Hernia Less Common Aortic Aneurysm Lipomatosis Mediastinal…
Right Ventricular Enlargement Gregory Kicska, MD, PhD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Left Heart Failure Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension Right Heart Failure Less Common Left to Right Shunt Right Heart Valvular Disease Primary…
Unilateral Mediastinal Mass Toms Franquet, MD, PhD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Thyroid Goiter Thymoma Teratoma Lymphoma Pericardial Cyst Bronchogenic Cyst Neurogenic Tumors Pleuropericardial Fat Pad Aortic Aneurysm Less Common Thymic Carcinoma…
Retrocardiac Mass Toms Franquet, MD, PhD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Hiatal Hernia Descending Aortic Aneurysm Tortuosity (Aging) of Aorta Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy Postoperative State, Esophagus Less Common Pulsion Esophageal Diverticulum Periesophageal Omental…
Posterior Compartment Mass Robert B. Carr, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Nerve Sheath Tumor Sympathetic Ganglion Tumor Lymphoma Hiatal Hernia Esophageal Tumor Less Common Metastasis Foregut Duplication Cyst Extramedullary Hematopoiesis Aortic…
Aortic Intramural Abnormality Gregory Kicska, MD, PhD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Atherosclerosis/Adherent Thrombus Aortic Dissection Less Common Aortic Intramural Hematoma Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer Rare but Important Takayasu/Giant Cell Arteritis Radiation ESSENTIAL…
Interstitial Pattern, Mediastinal-Hilar Adenopathy Christopher M. Walker, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Sarcoidosis Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis Cystic Fibrosis (Mimic) Less Common Silicosis/Coal Worker’s Pneumoconiosis Usual Interstitial Pneumonia Rare but Important Berylliosis Lymphocytic…
