UNILATERAL HILAR ENLARGEMENT ON CXR

bronchial carcinoma (commonest cause in adults)

tuberculosis

sarcoidosis (usually causes bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy)

lymphoma

pulmonary embolism

pulmonary valve stenosis

fungal infection (histoplasmosis, blastomycosis)

rotated CXR

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