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Revision as of 13:04, 12 April 2012
The mediastinum is a place where tumours occasionally grow. It is also a place one can find various cysts.
Differenital diagnosis
General
Benign
Common:[1]
Rare:[1]
Malignant
- Teratoma and other germ cell tumours (GCTs).
- Seminoma/dysgerminoma is the most common.
- Terrible lymphoma.
- Thymoma.
- Mix of epithelial cells and small lymphoid cells.
- Thyroid gland.
- Metastasis.
Rare
Divided into subsites
Anterior
- Thymoma.
- Teratoma and other germ cell tumours.
- Thyroid gland.
- Terrible lymphomas.
Middle
- Lymphoma.
- Bronchogenic cyst.
- Pericardial cyst.
Posterior
- Gastroenteric cyst.
- GIST.
- Neurogenic tumours.
Specific diagnoses
Fibrosing mediastinitis
General
Clinical:[2]
- Fever.
- Cough.
Etiology:
- Various - infectious, idiopathic.[3]
Microscopic
Features:
- Fibrous tissue.
- +/-Microorganisms.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 URL: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/426659-overview#a0102. Accessed on: 15 November 2011.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Patil, PL.; Salkar, HR. (Jun 2005). "Idiopathic mediastinal fibrosis presenting as mediastinal compression syndrome.". Indian J Med Sci 59 (6): 268-71. PMID 15988098.