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Abstract
Inferior pulmonary ligament lymphadenopathy is common in bronchogenic carcinoma and
may also occur in lymphoma and potentially in any condition which may cause intrathoracic
lymphadenopathy. Despite the apparent frequency with which inferior pulmonary ligament
lymphadenopathy occurs, we have been unable to find a description of the computed
tomographic findings of this condition. In a patient with lymphoma, we found inferior
pulmonary ligament lymphadenopathy by computed tomography as an oval, elongated soft-tissue
density arising within the inferior pulmonary ligament and still attached to the mediastinum
by a piece of the normal ligament. We believe that this appearance should be sufficient
for the correct computed tomographic diagnosis of inferior pulmonary ligament lymphadenopathy.
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