Bilateral hilar lymph node enlargement

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Bilateral hilar lymph node enlargement can arise from many causes, which include:

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  • -<p><strong>Bilateral hilar lymph node enlargement</strong> can arise from many causes, which include:</p><ul>
  • -<li><p><a href="/articles/sarcoidosis-1">sarcoidosis</a></p></li>
  • -<li>
  • -<p>infection</p>
  • -<ul>
  • -<li><p><a href="/articles/tuberculosis">tuberculosis</a></p></li>
  • -<li><p><a href="/articles/mycoplasma-pneumonia">mycoplasma</a></p></li>
  • -<li><p><a href="/articles/thoracic-histoplasmosis-1">histoplasmosis</a></p></li>
  • -<li><p><a href="/articles/pulmonary-coccidioidomycosis">coccidioidomycosis</a></p></li>
  • -</ul>
  • -</li>
  • -<li>
  • -<p>malignancy</p>
  • -<ul>
  • -<li><p><a href="/articles/lymphoma">lymphoma</a>: more common in <a href="/articles/hodgkin-lymphoma">Hodgkin lymphoma</a> than <a href="/articles/primary-pulmonary-lymphoma">non-Hodgkin lymphoma</a>.</p></li>
  • -<li><p>carcinoma</p></li>
  • -</ul>
  • -</li>
  • -<li>
  • -<p>inorganic dust disease</p>
  • -<ul>
  • -<li><p><a href="/articles/silicosis">silicosis</a></p></li>
  • -<li>
  • -<p><a href="/articles/chronic-beryllium-lung-disease-1" title="Berylliosis involving lung">berylliosis</a></p>
  • -<p></p>
  • -</li>
  • -</ul>
  • -</li>
  • -</ul><h4>See also</h4><ul>
  • -<li><p><a href="/articles/bilateral-axillary-lymphadenopathy-differential">bilateral axillary lymphadenopathy</a></p></li>
  • -<li><p><a href="/articles/mediastinal-lymph-node-enlargement">mediastinal lymphadenopathy</a></p></li>
  • +<p><strong>Bilateral hilar lymph node enlargement</strong> can arise from many causes, which include:</p><ul>
  • +<li><p><a href="/articles/sarcoidosis-1">sarcoidosis</a></p></li>
  • +<li>
  • +<p>infection</p>
  • +<ul>
  • +<li><p><a href="/articles/tuberculosis">tuberculosis</a></p></li>
  • +<li><p><a href="/articles/mycoplasma-pneumonia">mycoplasma</a></p></li>
  • +<li><p><a href="/articles/thoracic-histoplasmosis-1">histoplasmosis</a></p></li>
  • +<li><p><a href="/articles/pulmonary-coccidioidomycosis">coccidioidomycosis</a></p></li>
  • +</ul>
  • +</li>
  • +<li>
  • +<p>malignancy</p>
  • +<ul>
  • +<li><p><a href="/articles/lymphoma">lymphoma</a>: more common in <a href="/articles/hodgkin-lymphoma">Hodgkin lymphoma</a> than <a href="/articles/primary-pulmonary-lymphoma">non-Hodgkin lymphoma</a>.</p></li>
  • +<li><p>carcinoma</p></li>
  • +</ul>
  • +</li>
  • +<li>
  • +<p>inorganic dust disease</p>
  • +<ul>
  • +<li><p><a href="/articles/silicosis">silicosis</a></p></li>
  • +<li><p><a href="/articles/chronic-beryllium-lung-disease-1" title="Berylliosis involving lung">berylliosis</a></p></li>
  • +<li><p><a href="/articles/congestive-cardiac-failure" title="Heart failure">heart failure</a> <sup>3</sup></p></li>
  • +</ul>
  • +</li>
  • +</ul><h4>See also</h4><ul>
  • +<li><p><a href="/articles/bilateral-axillary-lymphadenopathy-differential">bilateral axillary lymphadenopathy</a></p></li>
  • +<li><p><a href="/articles/mediastinal-lymph-node-enlargement">mediastinal lymphadenopathy</a></p></li>

References changed:

  • 3. Nin C, de Souza V, do Amaral R et al. Thoracic Lymphadenopathy in Benign Diseases: A State of the Art Review. Respir Med. 2016;112:10-7. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2016.01.021">doi:10.1016/j.rmed.2016.01.021</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26860219">Pubmed</a>
  • 3. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0954611116300178

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