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# [[Endometriosis|Bowel endometriosis]] vs [[Hemorrhoids]] vs [[Diverticular disease|Diverticular diseases]] vs [[Anal fissure]] vs [[Ulcerative colitis]] vs [[Crohn's disease]]
# [[Endometriosis|Bowel endometriosis]] vs [[Hemorrhoids]] vs [[Diverticular disease|Diverticular diseases]] vs [[Anal fissure]] vs [[Ulcerative colitis]] vs [[Crohn's disease]]
* [[Anthrax]]: This is a classic finding associated with inhaled [[anthrax]]. A widened mediastinum was found in 7 of the first 10 victims infected ''Bacillus anthracis'' in 2001.
 
* [[Aortic dissection]]
# [[Pericardial effusion]]
* [[Bronchogenic cyst]]
# [[Aortic dissection]],
* [[Churg-Strauss syndrome]]
# [[Superior vena cava obstruction]]
* [[Dermoid cyst]]
# [[Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection]]
* [[Esophageal achalasia]]
# [[Esophageal achalasia]]
* [[Esophageal cancer]]
# [[Esophageal cancer]]
* [[Esophageal rupture]]
# [[Esophageal rupture]]
* [[Goitre]]
# [[Hiatus hernia]]
* [[Hiatus hernia]]
# [[Hilar lymphadenopathy]]
* [[Hilar lymphadenopathy]]
# [[Pneumomediastinum]]
* [[Lymphoma]]
# [[Sarcoidosis]]
* [[Mediastinal germ cell tumor]]
# [[Lymphoma]]
* [[Mediastinal tumor]]
# [[Neurilemmoma]]
* [[Mediastinitis]]
# [[Non-Hodgkin lymphoma]]
* [[Neurilemmoma]]
# [[Teratoma]]
* [[Non-Hodgkin lymphoma]]
# [[Thymoma]]
* [[Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection]]
 
* [[Pericardial effusion]]
# [[Thyroid cancer]]
* [[Pneumomediastinum]]
# [[Goitre]]
* [[Sarcoidosis]]
# [[Mediastinal germ cell tumor]],
* [[Superior vena cava obstruction]]
# [[Mediastinal tumor]],
* Supine AP [[chest x ray]] can yield a false positive "widened mediastinum": Among patients who have sustained blunt traum, AP chest radiographs are often obtained in the supine position to maintain spinal precautions. This supine position may result in fluid shifts that are in turn associated with a widening of the mediastinum. After the spine had been "cleared", some authors recommend repeating the chest X ray with the patient in the erect position which results in normalization of the mediastinal size in around 40% of patients.
# [[Mediastinitis]]
* [[Teratoma]]
 
* [[Thymoma]]
# [[Churg-Strauss syndrome]]
* [[Thyroid cancer]]
# [[Bronchogenic cyst]],
* [[Tularemia]]
# [[Dermoid cyst]]
# [[Anthrax]]:
# [[Tularemia]].
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Revision as of 18:45, 29 January 2019


Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Trusha Tank, M.D.[2]

  1. Bowel endometriosis vs Hemorrhoids vs Diverticular diseases vs Anal fissure vs Ulcerative colitis vs Crohn's disease
  1. Pericardial effusion
  2. Aortic dissection,
  3. Superior vena cava obstruction
  4. Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection
  5. Esophageal achalasia
  6. Esophageal cancer
  7. Esophageal rupture
  8. Hiatus hernia
  9. Hilar lymphadenopathy
  10. Pneumomediastinum
  11. Sarcoidosis
  12. Lymphoma
  13. Neurilemmoma
  14. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
  15. Teratoma
  16. Thymoma
  1. Thyroid cancer
  2. Goitre
  3. Mediastinal germ cell tumor,
  4. Mediastinal tumor,
  5. Mediastinitis
  1. Churg-Strauss syndrome
  2. Bronchogenic cyst,
  3. Dermoid cyst
  4. Anthrax:
  5. Tularemia.
Diseases Clinical manifestations Para-clinical findings Gold standard Additional findings
Symptoms Physical examination
Lab Findings Imaging Histopathology
Symptom 1 Symptom 2 Symptom 3 Physical exam 1 Physical exam 2 Physical exam 3 Lab 1 Lab 2 Lab 3 Imaging 1 Imaging 2 Imaging 3
Differential Diagnosis 1
Differential Diagnosis 2
Differential Diagnosis 3
Diseases Symptom 1 Symptom 2 Symptom 3 Physical exam 1 Physical exam 2 Physical exam 3 Lab 1 Lab 2 Lab 3 Imaging 1 Imaging 2 Imaging 3 Histopathology Gold standard Additional findings
Differential Diagnosis 4
Differential Diagnosis 5
Differential Diagnosis 6

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