Cxr: When should you suspect unilateral hilar enlargement? What is the next most important question?

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1. Cxr: When should you suspect unilateral hilar enlargement? What is the next most important question?

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If one hilar is larger than the other if one hilar is denser than the other if there is loss of normal concave shape is enlargement due to blood vessels, hilar lymph nodes (tend to be calcified) or superimposed central bronchial carcinoma (may have an irregular border)
It is a folic acid antagonist (inhibits dihydrofolate reductase). This interferes with the formation of nucleic acids thereby interfering with the formation of dna, rna and protein leading to cell death. In ra it decreases the inflammatory cells in the synovium reducing joint erosions.

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