Anterior Mediastinal Mass Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes

Lymphoma

Clinical Evaluation As many as 75% of patients with T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma will present with an anterior mediastinal mass, which may manifest as dyspnea, wheezing, [emedicine.medscape.com]

Lymphoblastic lymphoma, a high-grade lymphoma, often manifests with an anterior superior mediastinal mass, superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome, and leptomeningeal disease with [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Thymoma

Radiologically he had a large lobulated anterior mediastinal mass with necrotic thick enhancing septaes. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Herein, we present a case of a 62-year-old woman incidentally found to have an anterior mediastinal mass, 31 24 17 mm in size, without an associated autoimmune disease such [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

An 8.0 7.0 3.0 cm calcified anterior mediastinal mass was found in a 57-year-old man during a regular health checkup. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma

The vast majority of patients have an anterior mediastinal mass. [radiopaedia.org]

CT scan revealed a 5-cm anterior mediastinal mass and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

PMLBCL is characterized by a locally invasive anterior mediastinal mass, often producing cough, chest pain, dyspnea, and superior vena cava syndrome. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Myasthenia Gravis

Video-assisted thoracoscopy is become a widely accepted approach for the resection of anterior mediastinal masses, including thymoma. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The front of the mediastinum is called the anterior mediastinum, so abnormalities in the thymus gland are often called Anterior Mediastinal Masses. [pennmedicine.org]

CT scan of chest showing an anterior mediastinal mass (thymoma) in a patient with myasthenia gravis. [web.archive.org]

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Mediastinal Neoplasm

[…] approach to anterior mediastinal masses in patients with GD. [thyroidresearchjournal.biomedcentral.com]

Introduction Mediastinal seminomas are a rare form of tumor, accounting for three to four percent of mediastinal masses. 1 Their usual location is in the anterior mediastinum [pulmonarychronicles.com]

Thus, mediastinal mass is further classified into three types depending upon the location: The anterior mediastinal mass (front): Thymomas and lymphomas (both Hodgkin and [cancerwall.com]

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Idiopathic Mediastinal Fibrosis

Hemorrhage Anterior Mediastinal Masses 1. Thymoma 2. Teratoma 3. Substernal thyroid 4. Lymphoma Opacified Hemithorax 1. Atelectasis 2. Effusion 3. Pneumonia 4. [learningradiology.com]

PowerPoint Presentation: 20 X-ray of a large anterior mediastinal mass Cont …. [authorstream.com]

[…] the paravertebral sulci when the locations of specific mediastinal masses are defined. [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Germ Cell Tumor

We review the differential diagnosis for anterior mediastinal masses and their potential consequences. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Here we report a 16-year-old male with an anterior mediastinal mass diagnosed as a malignant germ cell tumor based on elevation of serologic markers. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The boy presented with anterior mediastinal mass which was confirmed as combined carvenous lymphangioma and mixed germ cell tumor by histologic examination of resected tissue [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Good's Syndrome

Imaging and laboratory studies revealed a large anterior mediastinal mass and panhypoimmunoglobulinemia, respectively. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

mediastinal mass. [shmabstracts.com]

mediastinal mass on chest x ray. [jcp.bmj.com]

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Pericardial Cyst

mediastinal masses. [casesjournal.biomedcentral.com]

Mediastinal foregut duplication cysts are rare congenital masses caused by developmental disorders of the anterior part of the embryonic primitive gut. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Figures Figure 1: Transthoracic echocardiography showing an echolucent mass compressing the right ventricle Figure 2: Axial CT image showing a retrosternal, anterior mediastinal [panafrican-med-journal.com]

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Mediastinopericarditis

mediastinal mass : anterior to the pericardium middle mediastinal mass : within the pericardium posterior mediastinal mass : posterior to the pericardium Promoted articles [radiopaedia.org]

Chest abdo-pelvis CT scan confirmed the presence of a large anterior mediastinal mass of 9.6cm with moderate pericardial effusion. [omicsonline.org]

[…] mediastinum especially in adults, accounts for 20-25% of all mediastinal tumors and 50% of anterior mediastinal masses. [cardiothoracicsurgery.biomedcentral.com]

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Mediastinal Mass

A chest X-ray revealed an opacity in the anterior mediastinum. A CT scan showed a round, anterior mediastinal mass with a heterogeneous content. [scielo.br]

mediastinal mass undergoing open resection. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Anterior mediastinal masses generally arise from these structures. Clinically, an anterior mediastinal mass may be silent and incidentally discovered on imaging. [ajronline.org]

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Goiter

Abstract Retrosternal goiter is one of the common causes of anterior mediastinal masses. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The patient with newly diagnosed breast carcinoma was also known to have a distinct large anterior mediastinal mass. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Moderately-Differentiated Thymic Neuroendocrine Carcinoma

CT Useful features for differential from more benign thymic epithelial tumors include 1 : larger 5 and highly aggressive anterior mediastinal mass areas of necrosis, hemorrhage [radiopaedia.org]

CT of the thorax revealed prominent anterior mediastinal mass abutting the brachiocephalic vein consistent with thymic tumour. [casereports.bmj.com]

The CT scan showed a lobulated left anterior mediastinal soft tissue mass with eccentrically placed clumps of calciﬁcation (Figure 2B). [appliedradiology.com]

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Pericardial Neoplasm

(a) Contrast-enhanced chest CT scan (mediastinal window) shows a soft-tissue mass in a dilated left ventricle. [pubs.rsna.org]

Left ventricular thrombus in a 40-year-old woman who suffered an anterior wall myocardial infarction. The thrombus disappeared following anticoagulant therapy. [pubs.rsna.org]

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Mediastinal Metastasis

Three of 4 patients who had recurrence had an anterior mediastinal mass. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

2-deoxy-D: -glucose positron emission tomography revealed two lesions: an anterior mediastinal mass and a right breast nodule. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A 49-year-old woman was admitted to hospital for dyspnea due to an anterior mediastinal mass. [scopemed.org]

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Parathyroid Carcinoma

A routine chest film demonstrated a huge anterior mediastinal mass extending well into the right hemithorax (Fig. 1). [pubs.rsna.org]

It usually presents as a tumor mass in the neck region. Mediastinal parathyroid carcinoma has been reported very rarely. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

and Tc99m-MIBI scanning demonstrated increased uptake of Tc99m-MIBI on the mass, which indicated an ectopic mediastinal parathyroid adenoma (PTA; Fig. 1 ). [spandidos-publications.com]

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Mediastinal Disease

[…] approach to anterior mediastinal masses in patients with GD. [thyroidresearchjournal.biomedcentral.com]

Considering the diagnosis of Graves disease for a child with an anterior mediastinal mass and without the typical physical findings of autoimmune hyperthyroidism (goiter, [pediatrics.aappublications.org]

About Mediastinal Masses The mediastinum has three different compartments: anterior, middle, and posterior, and different tumors, cysts, and masses tend to develop from one [utswmedicine.org]

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Thymectomy

BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted thymectomy (RT) has been increasingly performed for treating anterior mediastinal masses. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Chest computed tomography showed an anterior mediastinal mass with a right hilar nodule. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This case report describes a 50-year-old man who presented with migratory polyarthritis and an anterior mediastinal mass that proved to be a thymoma. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Substernal Goiter

A pulmonary perfusion defect was caused by an extremely large anterior mediastinal mass subsequently proved by I-131 imaging to be an intrathoracic extension of a cervical [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

More info Substernal Goiter: Rare Cause of Anterior Mediastinal Masses. Substernal Goiter: Rare Cause of Anterior Mediastinal Masses. [thyroidnosurgery.com]

Frontal chest radiograph shows a large superior/anterior mediastinal mass (white arrows) displacing the trachea (black arrow) to the right of midline. [learningradiology.com]

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Mediastinal Hernia

A chest X-ray revealed an opacity in the anterior mediastinum. A CT scan showed a round, anterior mediastinal mass with a heterogeneous content. [scielo.br]

[…] a) heart b) lungs c) posterior mediastinum d) anterior medisastinum Well done the PA film shows a lobulated mediastinal mass. [ole.bris.ac.uk]

mediastinal masses 5. [firattipdergisi.com]

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Thymic Cyst

mediastinal mass. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Mediastinal cysts account for about 19% of all mediastinal masses, and thymic cysts represent only about 1.5% of anterior mediastinal masses. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A 61-year-old woman, who had been diagnosed as having Sjögren's syndrome, developed an anterior mediastinal mass. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Seminoma

A very large anterior mediastinal mass was identified and demonstrated to be an extragonadal seminoma. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Ours was an interesting case where a 17-year-old adolescent male presented with anterior mediastinal mass. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

They appear as large anterior mediastinal mass without calcification in chest X-ray. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

Anesthetic management of superior vena cava syndrome due to anterior mediastinal mass. [joacp.org]

A very large anterior mediastinal mass was identified and demonstrated to be an extragonadal seminoma. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Anesthesiology 1981; 55: 471–2Keon, TP Goh MH, Liu XY, Goh YS: Anterior mediastinal mass: an anaesthetic challenge. [anesthesiology.pubs.asahq.org]

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Teratoma

CT scans are ordered, revealing the presence of an anterior mediastinal mass. The patient is sent for a consultation with a cardiothoracic surgeon. [cancernetwork.com]

They account for approximately 15% of anterior mediastinal masses in adults and approximately 25% of anterior mediastinal masses in children. [radiopaedia.org]

mediastinal mass: differential diagnosis for anterior mediastinal tumors mnemonic: 5 T ' s. [radiopaedia.org]

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Bronchial Compression

mediastinal mass. [anesthesiology.pubs.asahq.org]

Anesthetic management of patients with an anterior mediastinal mass: Continuing professional development. Can J Anaesth 2011;58:853-9, 860-7. 7. [annals.in]

The most common masses in the anterior mediastinum are the four “T”‘s: Thymoma, Teratoma, Thyroid carcinoma and Terrible lymphoma. [openanesthesia.org]

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T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma

Chest radiographs showed an anterior mediastinal mass ( A and B ). [consultant360.com]

But it may also occur in adults as in this 30 y/o male who presented with an anterior mediastinal mass. [webpathology.com]

mediastinal mass May present acutely with superior vena cava syndrome Other lymphoid sites (lymph nodes, Waldeyer’s ring) or soft tissue sites may also be involved Peripheral [surgpathcriteria.stanford.edu]

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MASS Syndrome

Anesthetic management of superior vena cava syndrome due to anterior mediastinal mass. [joacp.org]

mediastinal masses. [starship.org.nz]

Large anterior mediastinal masses may cause dyspnea when patients are lying supine. [merckmanuals.com]

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Mediastinoscopy

Abstract A 27-year-old white male was scheduled for a mediastinoscopy of an anterior mediastinal mass. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

mediastinal masses, extended transcervical thymectomy, extended transsternal thymectomy, extended videothoracoscopic thymectomy, ppen approaches to posterior mediastinal [books.google.ro]

In addition, anterior mediastinoscopy can be used in a variety of parasternal locations to facilitate the biopsy of anterior mediastinal masses to the right or left of midline [accesssurgery.mhmedical.com]

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Lymphoblastic Lymphoma

But it may also occur in adults as in this 30 y/o male who presented with an anterior mediastinal mass. [webpathology.com]

Mediastinal lymph node biopsy from a 17-year-old with anterior mediastinal mass and lymphadenopathy, showing effacement of architecture in this low power. [doctorlib.info]

mediastinal mass arising from the thymus is common. [hematologyadvisor.com]

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Renal Replacement Lipomatosis

Epidemiology Mediastinal teratomas are the most common extra-gonadal germ cell tumours. They account for approximately of anterior mediastinal masses in adults. [pinterest.co.uk]

mediastinal masses” at 25th annual State levelConference, Hassan ,Karnataka.India 2009. [bmcri.org]

Radiology Cat Gatos Kitty Cats And Kittens Cats Kittens Forward Mediastinal teratomas are germ cell tumours located in the anterior mediastinum. [pinterest.co.uk]

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