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Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Mediastinal Mass:
 • Thymus (Thymoma, carcinoma, hyperplasia, cyst)
 • Lymphoma
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- Differential ... Diagnosis Anterior ... Intrathoracic thyroid ... #Differential # ... #middle #posterior
Causes of Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Anterior Mediastinal Mass:
 • Thyroid
 • Thymoma
 • Teratoma
Diagnosis Algorithm Anterior ... : • Thyroid ... Lymphadenopathy • Cystic ... , Esophageal) Posterior ... • Neurogenic Tumour
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework Anterior ... ) • Thyroid (goiter ... - Thyroid mass ... that form from bone
Primary Bone Tumors - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 

Metastatic - Most common tumour in adults
 - Breast
Primary Bone Tumors ... - Prostate - Thyroid ... Renal Primary Benign ... Cyst Malignant ... #Bony #Tumors #
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Atelectasis, Nodule / mass ... • Masses: Anterior ... mediastinal (Thymoma, Thyroid ... Lymphoma, Germ cell tumor ... Middle mediastinal, Posterior
The table on the left is the overall table for mediastinal masses.
In the next paragraphs we
- Benign Cysts ... #Mediastinal #Mass ... #Differential # ... Table #Anterior ... #Middle #Posterior
SUMMARY FOR YOUR NOTES:
- The thyroid appears as an epithelial proliferation of the floor of the
2/3 and the posterior ... as a mass of endodermal ... bone, and the laryngeal ... some thyroxine being ... - Thyroglossal cyst