Multiple small lymph nodes are in the hila but are not visible on the chest x-ray. Enlargement of the hila may result from vascular or nodal enlargement. The first step in evaluation of hilar enlargement is to distinguish enlarged vessels from lymph nodes. Enlarged vessels maintain the vascular...
Define hilar. hilar synonyms, hilar pronunciation, hilar translation, English dictionary definition of hilar. n. pl. hi·la 1. a. The scar on a seed, such as a bean, indicating the point of attachment to the funiculus. b. The nucleus of a starch grain. 2
CASE STUDY: Mr Lin, a Chinese man aged 38 years, presented for review of a recent chest X-ray. The X-ray was ordered as part of a pre-employment assessment. He was asymptomatic, a nonsmoker and had no significant past medical history. Full blood examination, lipids, glucose and liver ...
A 67-year-old man who is a long-term smoker presents with weight loss, a persistent cough, fever, chest pain, and hemoptysis. A chest x-ray reveals a 3.5cm hilar mass on the right and postobstructive pneumonia of the right lower lobe. Sputum cytologic is suspicious for malignant cells....
The case involves a 36-year-old male who was found to have prominent hilar shadows on a routine chest X-ray. Further imaging confirmed a single enlarged right hilar lymph node without additional lung abnormalities. The diagnosis of tuberculous adenopathy was confirmed through endoscopic bronchial ...
RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook hi·lar shad·ow radiographic hilum of the lung; a composite radiographic shadow of the central pulmonary arteries and veins, with associated bronchial walls and lymph nodes, within the right or left lung. ...
Twenty patients (74%) had positive sputum cytology, whereas only 7 (26%) had positive chest X-ray findings. All the patients underwent surgery, and bronchoplasty was the most frequent operative procedure. The 5-year survival rate was 100%, and the 10-year survival rate was 91.7%, as one...
He responded well to a course of erythromycin resulting in complete resolution of his symptoms and the presenting radiographic findings on his initial chest X-ray. Pediatr. Pulmonol. 2011; 46:1038–1040. 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc.doi:10.1002/ppul.21459Andrew Fretzayas...
His chest x-ray and computed assisted tomography scan showed enlarged hilar lymph nodes and atelectasis in the left upper lobe and right middle lobe but no other pathology.doi:10.1097/lbr.0b013e31821811e5Siemsen, MetteAndersen, Niels E.O....
Chest X-ray showed a tumor mass of the right pulmonary hilum. Transbronchial biopsy was nondiagnostic. HRCT-scan showed a tumor mass in the right hilum, which raised the suspicion of a lung cancer. PET-CT scan revealed a high metabolic activity of the tumor mass and of a paratracheal ...