Diagnostic Radiology/Chest Imaging/Mediastinal Masses


 * 1) State the anatomic boundaries of the anterior, middle, posterior and superior mediastinum
 * 2) Name the four most common causes of an anterior mediastinal mass and localize a mass to the anterior mediastinum on a radiograph, chest CT and chest MRI
 * 3) Name the three most common causes of a middle mediastinal mass and localize a mass in the middle mediastinum on a radiograph, chest CT and chest MRI
 * 4) Name the most common cause of a posterior mediastinal mass and localize a mass in the posterior mediastinum on a radiograph, chest CT and chest MRI
 * 5) Name two causes of a mass that straddles the thoracic inlet and localize a mass to the thoracic inlet on a radiograph, chest CT and chest MRI
 * 6) Identify normal vessels or vascular abnormality on chest CT and chest MRI that may mimic a solid mass
 * 7) Name five etiologies of bilateral hilar lymph node enlargement
 * 8) State the three most common locations (Garland's triad) for lymph node enlargement to occur in the chest of patients with sarcoidosis
 * 9) List the four most common etiologies of "egg-shell" calcified lymph nodes in the chest
 * 10) Recognize a cystic mass in the mediastinum and suggest the possible diagnosis of a bronchogenic, pericardial, thymic or esophageal duplication cyst