Mediastinal diseases are conditions that arise from tissues in this cavity. [utswmed.org]

Lymphadenopathy mediastinal - disease in the lymph nodes. Pericardial cysts which include growths that start in the lining of the heart. Tracheal tumors. Posterior mediastinal tumors include: Lymphadenopathy mediastinal - disease of the lymph nodes. [cedars-sinai.edu]

In 1888, Hare 1 collected 520 cases of mediastinal disease, over 50 per cent of which were due to tumors, mostly of the malignant type. [jamanetwork.com]

Use of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) technology has entered the armamentarium of the thoracic surgeon with respect to the treatment of numerous mediastinal diseases. [2, 3, 4] This modality is already used commonly for biopsy of masses and [emedicine.medscape.com]

Respiratory symptoms and dysphagia can occur due to bronchial and esophageal obstruction respectively. [learn.pediatrics.ubc.ca]

Symptoms are usually related to local effects of the neoplasm, including compression and invasion, and can manifest as respiratory distress, dysphagia, diaphragm paralysis, or superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome. [radiologykey.com]

Symptoms  Chest pain  Dyspnea  Cough  Fever  Weight loss  Fatigue  Dysphagia  Night sweats 16. [slideshare.net]

Lesions in the posterior mediastinum may encroach on the esophagus, causing dysphagia or odynophagia. [msdmanuals.com]

Thirty to fifty percent of those with thymomas also have myasthenia gravis so symptoms of weakness, fatigue, ptosis, diplopia and dysphagia can be reported. [cancertherapyadvisor.com]

Great vessel compression can lead to superior vena cava syndrome, characterized by venous engorgement along with head and neck swelling. By contrast, posterior mediastinal masses can be quite large and yet asymptomatic. [intranet.tdmu.edu.ua]

The variation in these imaging findings played an important role in the differential diagnosis of this uncommon mediastinal mass. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Here we describe two patients with neoplastic anterior mediastinal masses associated with GD, illustrating that this may not be safe approach to all patients with anterior mediastinal masses and GD. [thyroidresearchjournal.biomedcentral.com]

Technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate bone scintigraphy showed intense uptake in both the T1 and marginal parts of the mediastinal mass. [ajnr.org]

Our case presented as a diagnostic challenge because of the difficulty of differentiating the primary mediastinal mass from a primary lung neoplasm. [pulmonarychronicles.com]

(NLM, Medical Subject Headings) ALSO IN ENCYCLOPEDIA : Mediastinal Mass Mediastinal Lymphangioma Mediastinal Lymph Node Mediastinal Liposarcoma Mediastinal Lipomatosis Mediastinal Lipoma Mediastinal Leiomyosarcoma Mediastinal Leiomyoma Mediastinal Hemorrhage [tititudorancea.com]

mediastinal mass present above the thoracic plane (upper side): Neoplastic and non-neoplastic pathology. [cancerwall.com]