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The '''mediastinum''' is a place where tumour occasionally grow.
The '''mediastinum''' is a place where tumours occasionally grow.  It is also a place one can find various cysts.


==Differenital diagnosis==
=Differential diagnosis=
==General==
===Benign===
===Benign===
Common:<ref name=emed_med_cysts>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/426659-overview#a0102 http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/426659-overview#a0102]. Accessed on: 15 November 2011.</ref>
Common:<ref name=emed_med_cysts>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/426659-overview#a0102 http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/426659-overview#a0102]. Accessed on: 15 November 2011.</ref>
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*[[Enterogenous cyst]].
*[[Enterogenous cyst]].
*[[Mesothelial cyst]].
*[[Mesothelial cyst]].
*[[Neurenteric cyst]].
*[[Neurenteric cyst]]. <!-- NOT "neuroenteric" -->


Rare:<ref name=emed_med_cysts>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/426659-overview#a0102 http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/426659-overview#a0102]. Accessed on: 15 November 2011.</ref>
Rare:<ref name=emed_med_cysts>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/426659-overview#a0102 http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/426659-overview#a0102]. Accessed on: 15 November 2011.</ref>
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**Mix of epithelial cells and small lymphoid cells.
**Mix of epithelial cells and small lymphoid cells.
*[[Thyroid gland]].
*[[Thyroid gland]].
*Metastasis.
*[[Metastasis]].


===Rare===
===Rare===
*[[NUT midline carcinoma]].
*[[NUT midline carcinoma]].


==See also==
==Divided into subsites==
===Anterior===
*[[Thymoma]].
*[[Teratoma]] and other germ cell tumours.
*[[Thyroid gland]].
*Terrible [[lymphomas]].
 
===Middle===
*[[Lymphoma]].
*[[Pericardial cyst]].
*[[Bronchogenic cyst]].
 
===Posterior===
*Neurogenic tumours.
*Gastroenteric cyst.
*[[GIST]].
 
=Specific diagnoses=
==Fibrosing mediastinitis==
===General===
Clinical:<ref>{{Ref WMSP|143}}</ref>
*Fever.
*Cough.
 
Etiology:
*Various - infectious, idiopathic.<ref name=pmid15988098>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Patil | first1 = PL. | last2 = Salkar | first2 = HR. | title = Idiopathic mediastinal fibrosis presenting as mediastinal compression syndrome. | journal = Indian J Med Sci | volume = 59 | issue = 6 | pages = 268-71 | month = Jun | year = 2005 | doi =  | PMID = 15988098 }}</ref>
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Fibrous tissue.
*+/-Microorganisms.
 
=See also=
*[[Lung]].
*[[Lung]].
*[[Thymus]].
*[[Cytopathology]].
=References=
{{Reflist|1}}


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Latest revision as of 12:23, 8 July 2016

The mediastinum is a place where tumours occasionally grow. It is also a place one can find various cysts.

Differential diagnosis

General

Benign

Common:[1]

Rare:[1]

Malignant

Rare

Divided into subsites

Anterior

Middle

Posterior

  • Neurogenic tumours.
  • Gastroenteric cyst.
  • GIST.

Specific diagnoses

Fibrosing mediastinitis

General

Clinical:[2]

  • Fever.
  • Cough.

Etiology:

  • Various - infectious, idiopathic.[3]

Microscopic

Features:

  • Fibrous tissue.
  • +/-Microorganisms.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 URL: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/426659-overview#a0102. Accessed on: 15 November 2011.
  2. ↑ Humphrey, Peter A; Dehner, Louis P; Pfeifer, John D (2008). The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology (1st ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 143. ISBN 978-0781765275.
  3. ↑ Patil, PL.; Salkar, HR. (Jun 2005). "Idiopathic mediastinal fibrosis presenting as mediastinal compression syndrome.". Indian J Med Sci 59 (6): 268-71. PMID 15988098.
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