Calcified mediastinal lymph nodes (differential)

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There are numerous causes of calcified mediastinal lymph nodes, including:

infectious granulomatous diseases
- tuberculosis - pulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis
- histoplasmosis - thoracic manifestations of histoplasmosis
sarcoidosis
silicosis
treated lymphoma
other uncommon causes include:
- Pneumocystis carinii / jerovecii pneumonia
- metastases
  - thyroid carcinoma
  - mucinous adenocarcinoma
- amyloidosis
- scleroderma
- Castleman disease

~~-<li>infectious granulomatous diseases~~
~~-<ul>~~
+<li>infectious granulomatous diseases<ul>
-<a title="Tuberculosis" href="/articles/tuberculosis">tuberculosis</a> - <a href="/articles/pulmonary-manifestations-of-tuberculosis" title="Pulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis">pulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis</a>
~~-</li>~~
+<a href="/articles/tuberculosis">tuberculosis</a> - <a href="/articles/pulmonary-manifestations-of-tuberculosis">pulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis</a>
+</li>
-<a title="histoplasmosis" href="/articles/histoplasmosis">histoplasmosis</a> - <a href="/articles/pulmonary-histoplasmosis" title="Thoracic manifestations of histoplasmosis">thoracic manifestations of histoplasmosis</a>
~~-</li>~~
+<a href="/articles/histoplasmosis">histoplasmosis</a> - <a href="/articles/thoracic-histoplasmosis-1">thoracic manifestations of histoplasmosis</a>
+</li>
~~-</li>~~
~~-<li><a title="Sarcoidosis" href="/articles/sarcoidosis-1">sarcoidosis</a></li>~~
~~-<li><a title="silicosis" href="/articles/silicosis">silicosis</a></li>~~
~~-<li>treated <a title="lymphoma" href="/articles/lymphoma">lymphoma</a> </li>~~
~~-<li>other uncommon causes include:~~
~~-<ul>~~
~~-<li><a title="Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia" href="/articles/pneumocystis-pneumonia">Pneumocystis carinii / jerovecii pneumonia</a></li>~~
~~-<li>metastases~~
~~-<ul>~~
~~-<li><a title="thyroid carcinoma" href="/articles/thyroid-carcinoma">thyroid carcinoma</a></li>~~
~~-<li><a title="mucinous adenocarcinoma" href="/articles/mucinous-adenocarcinoma">mucinous adenocarcinoma</a></li>~~
+</li>
+<li><a href="/articles/sarcoidosis-1">sarcoidosis</a></li>
+<li><a href="/articles/silicosis">silicosis</a></li>
+<li>treated <a href="/articles/lymphoma">lymphoma</a>
+</li>
+<li>other uncommon causes include:<ul>
+<li><a href="/articles/pneumocystis-pneumonia">Pneumocystis carinii / jerovecii pneumonia</a></li>
+<li>metastases<ul>
+<li><a href="/articles/thyroid-carcinoma">thyroid carcinoma</a></li>
+<li><a href="/articles/mucinous-adenocarcinoma">mucinous adenocarcinoma</a></li>
~~-</li>~~
~~-<li><a title="Amyloidosis" href="/articles/amyloidosis">amyloidosis</a></li>~~
~~-<li><a title="Scleroderma" href="/articles/scleroderma">scleroderma</a></li>~~
~~-<li><a title="Castleman disease" href="/articles/castleman-disease">Castleman disease</a></li>~~
+</li>
+<li><a href="/articles/amyloidosis">amyloidosis</a></li>
+<li><a href="/articles/scleroderma">scleroderma</a></li>
+<li><a href="/articles/castleman-disease">Castleman disease</a></li>
~~-</li>~~
+</li>

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Case 1 -: probable old pulmonary tuberculosis

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Case 3 -: silicosis

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Case 2 -: treated lymphoma

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