Nutrition Health Chat: Tuesday, Dec. 8th, 5-6 PM Eastern. Learn how vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients affect your health. Free live Q&A. Join us!
Member Comments are provided by individuals and reflect their personal opinions only. Under NO circumstances should you act on any advice or opinion posted in this forum. ALWAYS check with your personal physician before taking any action regarding your health! MedHelp International and our partners, sponsors and affiliates have no obligation to monitor any comments posted on this site, or the content and/or accuracy of such exchanges. MedHelp International does not endorse the views of any user.
Respiratory Disorders (Expert Forum)
Mediastinal and Hilar Lymphadenopathy
Answered by
This forum is for questions and support regarding lung and respiratory issues such as: Allergies, Asthma, Bronchitis, Colds - Flu, Chronic Cough, COPD, Cystic Fibrosis, Emphysema, Fibrosis, Lung Abscess, Nasal Polyps, Pleurisy, Pneumonia, Sarcoidosis, Sinusitis, Tuberculosis.
Mediastinal and Hilar Lymphadenopathy
by ratpet, Oct 21, 2003 12:00AM
I recently had a routine chest x-ray which showed a mass on my right lung. A CT Scan was done and the findings were evidence of Mediastinal and Hilar Lymphadenopathy and recommended a PET scanning. After the Chest x-ray was taken I asked my physician if I can have a flu shot, his answer was yes, and the shot was given prior to the CT Scan. Could the flu shot have caused the enlarged lymph node.
Doctor's Answer
by National Jewish, Oct 29, 2003 12:00AM
, Oct 29, 2003 12:00AM
The flu shot does not cause a lymph node to become enlarged. A CT scan shows more detail than a chest x-ray. So what was seen as a mass on the chest x-ray before you were given the flu shot is being seen as enlarged lymph nodes in the mediastinal and hilar area of the lung on the CT scan after you were given the flu shot. The mediastinal area is in the center of the lungs along the breastbone or sternum. The lung hilar is the area at the center of the lungs near the heart.
