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Differential diagnosis of mediastinal mass

Differential diagnosis of mediastinal mass
Anterior compartment Middle compartment Posterior compartment
Thymus
  • Thymoma
  • Thymic cyst
  • Thymic hyperplasia
  • Thymic carcinoma
Bronchogenic cyst Neurogenic tumors
  • Neurofibroma
  • Neurilemmoma
  • Neurosarcoma
  • Ganglioneuroma
  • Ganglioneuroblastoma
  • Neuroblastoma
  • Chemodectoma
  • Pheochromocytoma
Lymphoma Pericardial cyst Meningoceles
Germ cell tumor
  • Teratoma/dermoid cyst
  • Seminoma
  • Non-seminoma

    - Yolk sac tumor

    - Embryonal carcinoma

    - Choriocarcinoma
Lymphadenopathy
  • Lymphoma
  • Sarcoid
  • Metastatic lung cancer
Thoracic spine lesions (eg, Pott's disease)
Intrathoracic thyroid
  • Substernal goiter
  • Ectopic thyroid tissue
Enteric cyst  
Parathyroid adenoma Esophageal tumors  
Hemangioma Vascular masses and enlargement  
Lipoma    
Liposarcoma    
Fibroma    
Fibrosarcoma    
Foramen of Morgagni hernia    
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