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I have pneumonia and on my chest xray they said they found a hilar mass or hilar lymphadenopathy could pneumonia cause this?
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No: It needs to be investigated hilar mass could be enlarged nodes unlikely to be due to pneumonia.
Answered 11/27/2017
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Possible: You can get enlarged lymph nodes from infection. However, the only way to know for sure is to have follow up imaging after the pneumonia is treated.
Answered 9/8/2017
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