{"id":20712,"date":"2024-04-16T14:22:30","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T12:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/?p=20712"},"modified":"2024-04-16T14:22:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T12:22:30","slug":"le-patologie-mediastiniche-in-radiologia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/le-patologie-mediastiniche-in-radiologia\/","title":{"rendered":"Le patologie mediastiniche in radiologia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 id=\"rtoc-1\"  class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Masse_Mediastiniche\"><\/span>Masse Mediastiniche<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"bmscience293837281\" style=\"margin-top: 15px;margin-left: 15px;float: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4lyLsVe\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"714rYhBGlAL._AC_SL1500_\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/714rYhBGlAL._AC_SL1500_.gif\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"300\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Le masse mediastiniche possono originare da tutti i tessuti e le strutture anatomiche presenti nel mediastino. Tra le principali si includono i <strong>tumori del timo<\/strong>, i <strong>linfomi<\/strong>, i <strong>disgerminomi<\/strong>, i <strong>tumori neurogeni<\/strong>, le <strong>cisti broncogene<\/strong> e <strong>pericardiche<\/strong>, i <strong>gozzi tiroidei<\/strong>, gli <strong>aneurismi aortici <\/strong>e l\u2019<strong>eritropoiesi extramidollare<\/strong>. Se di dimensioni adeguate, queste masse possono essere apprezzabili nel radiogramma toracico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nella proiezione PA, \u00e8 possibile evidenziare un ampliamento dei profili mediastinici determinato dalla presenza di un\u2019opacit\u00e0 a margini netti, che tende a formare angoli ottusi rispetto al parenchima polmonare adiacente. Questo fenomeno \u00e8 noto come il<strong> segno della \u201cdonna incinta\u201d<\/strong>. La proiezione LL, invece, consente di attribuire la lesione ad uno dei comparti mediastinici.<br>La Tomografia Computerizzata (TC) con mezzo di contrasto viene utilizzata per confermare la presenza della massa, caratterizzarla e definirne con precisione la sede ed i rapporti con le strutture adiacenti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Timoma.-RX-torace-in-proiezione-AP.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Timoma.-RX-torace-in-proiezione-AP.png 335w, https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Timoma.-RX-torace-in-proiezione-AP-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Timoma. RX torace in proiezione AP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Timoma.-TC-torace-con-mdc.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Timoma.-TC-torace-con-mdc.png 335w, https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Timoma.-TC-torace-con-mdc-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Timoma. TC torace con mdc.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"bmscience521908446\" style=\"margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4kYOe6d\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GS_Header_IT_Desktop\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GS_Header_IT_Desktop.png\" alt=\"\"   style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"rtoc-2\"  class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Adenopatie_mediastiniche\"><\/span>Adenopatie mediastiniche<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Le adenopatie possono localizzarsi a livello di tutti i compartimenti mediastinici e manifestarsi in corso di <strong>processi infettivi <\/strong>come la tubercolosi, l\u2019istoplasmosi, la mononucleosi, nella silicosi, in <strong>processi autoinfiammatori<\/strong> come la sarcoidosi, nei <strong>linfomi <\/strong>e nelle <strong>metastasi <\/strong>da neoplasie toraciche, come il carcinoma broncogeno o, pi\u00f9 raramente, extratoraciche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"rtoc-3\"  class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pneumomediastino\"><\/span>Pneumomediastino<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3IIrglK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"856\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bmscience.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/51RIJvuVgL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24744\" style=\"width:151px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/51RIJvuVgL.jpg 594w, https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/51RIJvuVgL-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4aMT80X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Acquista ora<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Il pneumomediastino si verifica quando l\u2019aria penetra nel mediastino. Questo pu\u00f2 avvenire in seguito alla rottura di una bolla enfisematosa polmonare, dell\u2019esofago, della trachea o di un bronco di grosso calibro, nei barotraumi o a seguito di traumi chiusi del torace. Quest\u2019ultimo fenomeno \u00e8 noto come <strong>effetto Macklin<\/strong>, che determina dapprima un enfisema interstiziale che pu\u00f2 propagarsi all\u2019ilo polmonare e determinare pneumomediastino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le condizioni predisponenti al pneumomediastino includono l\u2019asma, la tosse o l\u2019emesi prolungata, l\u2019iperventilazione sostenuta (ad esempio, in corso di chetoacidosi diabetica). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Radiologicamente, si apprezzano sottili strie radiotrasparenti, che circondano i profili mediastinici e che spesso raggiungono il collo e la parete toracica laterale.<br>La TC pu\u00f2 consentire l\u2019individuazione di piccole raccolte gassose non apprezzabili all\u2019esame radiografico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Pneumomediastino.-RX-torace-in-proiezione-PA.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20715\" style=\"width:379px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Pneumomediastino.-RX-torace-in-proiezione-PA.png 335w, https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Pneumomediastino.-RX-torace-in-proiezione-PA-300x228.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pneumomediastino. RX torace in proiezione PA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Pneumomediastino.-TC-torace.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20716\" style=\"width:391px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Pneumomediastino.-TC-torace.png 335w, https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Pneumomediastino.-TC-torace-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pneumomediastino. TC torace.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Fonte: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/496liCI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Manuale di radiologia. Concorso Nazionale SSM<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div id=\"bmscience1052777753\" style=\"margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/44mFDDm\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Screenshot 2025-06-30 173808\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-173808.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-173808.png 1562w, https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-173808-300x70.png 300w, https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-173808-1024x240.png 1024w, https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-173808-768x180.png 768w, https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-173808-1536x360.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1562px) 100vw, 1562px\" width=\"1562\" height=\"366\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Masse Mediastiniche Le masse mediastiniche possono originare da tutti i tessuti e le strutture anatomiche presenti nel mediastino. Tra le principali si includono i tumori del timo, i linfomi, i disgerminomi, i tumori neurogeni, le cisti broncogene e pericardiche, i gozzi tiroidei, gli aneurismi aortici e l\u2019eritropoiesi extramidollare. Se di dimensioni adeguate, queste masse possono&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bmscience.net\/blog\/le-patologie-mediastiniche-in-radiologia\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Le patologie mediastiniche in radiologia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53,8252],"tags":[8511,8506,8509,8517,8514,8508,8515,8505,8513,8512,8516,7688,8507,8510],"class_list":["post-20712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chirurgia-toracica","category-radiologia","tag-aneurismi-aortici","tag-cisti-broncogene","tag-disgerminomi","tag-effetto-macklin","tag-istoplasmosi","tag-linfomi","tag-mononucleosi","tag-patologia-mediastinica","tag-sarcoidosi","tag-segno-della-donna-incinta-2","tag-silicosi","tag-tubercolosi","tag-tumori-del-timo","tag-tumori-neurogeni","entry"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Raffo 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