Right paratracheal lymphadenopathy
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Bell D, Right paratracheal lymphadenopathy. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 20 Jan 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-158273
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- Right paratracheal adenopathy
- Right paratracheal lymphadenopathies
- Right paratracheal adenopathies
- Right paratracheal nodal enlargement
Right paratracheal lymphadenopathy represents pathological involvement of any of the lymph nodes in the right upper (2R) and/or lower (4R) paratracheal nodal groups 1. These nodes are often also enlarged but this is not always the case.
The commonest causes are sarcoidosis, tuberculosis and lung cancer.
sarcoidosis 2
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malignancy
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primary
mesothelioma 14
lymphoma
leukemia
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metastases
lung, breast, melanoma 9, GU (renal, prostate, testicular) 17, GI 17
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infections
tuberculosis
bacterial pneumonia, especially if empyema/parapneumonic effusion 15
coccidioidomycosis 18,19
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inflammation
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pulmonary fibrosis: correlated with severity of disease 12,13
systemic sclerosis (23%) 3
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miscellaneous
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