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Mediastinal Enlargement
VetBooks.ir Differential Diagnoses for Lesions Associated With

Focal Mediastinal Enlargement
Region Diseases
Cranioventral Lymphadenopathy; abscess; thymic mass; ectopic thyroid;
hematoma; granuloma; obesity; vascular mass (aorta, cranial
vena cava); esophageal mass, foreign body, or dilation;
tracheal mass
Craniodorsal Esophageal mass, foreign body, or dilation; heart base
mass/neuroendocrine tumor; paraspinal or spinal mass;
hematoma; lymphadenopathy; aortic stenosis; patent ductus
arteriosus; abscess; tracheal mass
Perihilar Lymphadenopathy; left atrial enlargement; esophageal mass,
foreign body, or dilation; main pulmonary artery; mass/
poststenotic dilation; heart base or right atrial mass; spinal
or paraspinal mass
Caudodorsal Esophageal mass, foreign body, or dilation; hiatal hernia;
diaphragmatic hernia or mass; spirocercosis; spinal or
paraspinal mass; aortic aneurysm; gastroesophageal
intussusception
Caudoventral Diaphragmatic hernia; peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic
hernia; abscess; granuloma; hematoma
Modified from Ettinger S, Feldman E: Textbook of veterinary internal medicine, ed 7, St. Louis, Differentials, Lists, and Mnemonics
2010, Saunders.

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