Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy
CT scan of the chest showing bilateral lymphadenopathy in the mediastinum
due to sarcoidosis.Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is a bilateral
chest x-ray
.
Causes
The following are causes of BHL:[1]
- Sarcoidosis[2]
- Infection
- Tuberculosis[2]
- Fungal infection[2]
- Mycoplasma
- Intestinal Lipodystrophy (Whipple's disease)[3][4]
- Malignancy
- Inorganic dust disease
- Extrinsic allergic alveolitis
- Such as bird fancier's lung
- Less common causes also exist: [citation needed]
- Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
- Human immunodeficiency virus
- Extrinsic allergic alveolitis
- Adult-onset Still's disease[8]
References
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- ISBN 9780911910186.
- PMID 16641412.
- S2CID 208793253.
- ^ PMID 16418244.
- PMID 19584494.