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Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
Mediastinal Mass ... Teratoma (or other germ ... - Germ cell: ... The majority of germ ... Mediastinal Mass
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Mediastinal Widening ... Masses: Anterior mediastinal ... Thyroid, Lymphoma, Germ ... tumor), Middle mediastinal ... , Posterior mediastinal
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Mediastinal Mass:
 • Thymus (Thymoma, carcinoma, hyperplasia, cyst)
 • Lymphoma
 •
Mediastinal Mass ... Diagnosis Anterior Mediastinal ... • Lymphoma • Germ ... sarcoma) Middle Mediastinal ... Mases Posterior Mediastinal
5 T’s Mnemonic for Causes of an Anterior Mediastinal Mass Differential Diagnosis

Thymus - Thymoma, Thymic Carcinoma.
of an Anterior Mediastinal ... primary anterior mediastinal ... Lymphoma Teratoma + Germ ... non-seminomatous germ ... Mnemonic #Anterior #Mediastinal
Oropharyngeal and Esophageal Causes of Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis
Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
 • Neuromuscular causes: CVA/CNS tumor/ALS, Parkinson's,
Malignancy, Anterior mediastinal ... from esophagitis (GERD ... ring, anterior mediastinal
Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Not all that wheezes is asthma
Vibrations of turbulent flow against
or paralysis, GERD ... Extrinsic Compression: Mediastinal
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
Compression: Malignancy, Mediastinal ... tissue disorder, GERD
The table on the left is the overall table for mediastinal masses.
In the next paragraphs we
overall table for mediastinal ... Neurogenic tumors - Germ ... Pulmonary #Radiology #Mediastinal
Causes of Superior Vena Cava (SVC) Syndrome 
Malignant Causes (2/3 of cases)
 - 95%
- Primary Mediastinal ... Germ cell neoplasms
Causes of Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Anterior Mediastinal Mass:
 • Thyroid
 • Thymoma
 • Teratoma
Causes of Mediastinal ... Algorithm Anterior Mediastinal ... Lymphoma Middle Mediastinal ... Esophageal) Posterior Mediastinal ... #Mass #Mediastinum