Calcified mediastinal lymph nodes (differential)

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There are numerous causes of calcified mediastinal lymph nodes.

Common causes include:

infectious granulomatous diseases
- tuberculosis
- histoplasmosis
sarcoidosis
silicosis
treated lymphoma

Uncommon causes include:

Pneumocystis jiroveci (PCP) pneumonia
metastases
- thyroid carcinoma: ~~papillary~~papillary and medullary subtypes ⁶
- certain mucinous tumour metastases
  - mucinous ovarian cystadenocarcinoma
  - mucinous colonic adenocarcinoma
- osteogenic sarcoma
- lung cancer: uncommon, may be seen in metastatic bronchial carcinoid tumours
amyloidosis
scleroderma
Castleman disease

~~-<a href="/articles/thyroid-carcinoma">thyroid carcinoma</a>: papillary and medullary subtypes <sup>6</sup>~~
+<a href="/articles/thyroid-carcinoma">thyroid carcinoma</a>: <a title="Papillary adenocarcinoma of the thyroid" href="/articles/papillary-thyroid-cancer">papillary</a> and <a title="Medullary thyroid carcinoma" href="/articles/medullary-thyroid-carcinoma-1">medullary</a> subtypes <sup>6</sup>
~~-<li>lung cancer: uncommon, may be seen in metastatic <a href="/articles/bronchial-carcinoid-tumour">bronchial carcinoid tumours</a>~~
+<li>
+<a title="Lung cancer" href="/articles/lung-cancer-3">lung cancer</a>: uncommon, may be seen in metastatic <a href="/articles/bronchial-carcinoid-tumour">bronchial carcinoid tumours</a>
+<li><a title="Eggshell calcification (lymph nodes)" href="/articles/eggshell-calcification-lymph-nodes-1">eggshell calcification of lymph nodes</a></li>

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