BILATERAL HILAR ADENOPATHY: ITS SIGNIFICANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Authors: C H HODGSON, A M OLSEN, C A GOOD
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Article1 July 1955BILATERAL HILAR ADENOPATHY: ITS SIGNIFICANCE AND MANAGEMENTCORRIN H. HODGSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., ARTHUR M. OLSEN, M.D., F.A.C.P., C. ALLEN GOOD, M.D.CORRIN H. HODGSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, ARTHUR M. OLSEN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, C. ALLEN GOOD, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-43-1-83 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFor many years stereoroentgenograms of the thorax have been made routinely on patients who present themselves for general examination at the Mayo Clinic. Numerous abnormalities of the thorax have been disclosed by these films, among them a good many cases of bilateral enlargement of the hilar lymph nodes. 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From the Sections of Medicine and Roentgenology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota.The Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, is a part of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMediastinoscopy in Patients With Presumptive Stage I SarcoidosisPATHOLOGY OF SARCOIDOSISNoninvasive testing of asymptomatic bilateral hilar adenopathyLymphadenopathy in ChildrenAdenopatias hiliares gigantes por siliceCase 39-1978Bilateral Hilar Lymphadenopathy: An Uncommon Manifestation of Adult TuberculosisA Clinical Interpretation of Bilateral Hilar AdenopathyRICHARD H. WINTERBAUER, M.D., F.A.C.P., NENAD BELIC, M.D., KENNETH D. 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