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Diagnostic flowchart for diagnosis of thymoma 

Dr. Laura Brown @lauraebrown

#thymoma #diagnosis #algorithm #pathology #clinical #subtypes
for diagnosis of thymoma ... lauraebrown #thymoma
Drugs associated with worsening of Myasthenia Gravis (MG):
•	D-penicillamine 
•	Botulinum toxin.
•	Telithromycin
•	Fluoroquinolones 
•	Quinine
•	Magnesium
•	Macrolide antibiotics 
•	Corticosteroids (may cause transient
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Causes of Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Anterior Mediastinal Mass:
 • Thyroid
 • Thymoma
 • Teratoma
• Thyroid • Thymoma
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Anterior mediastinal (Thymoma
Hypercalcemia of Malignancy - Pathophysiology
PTH-mediated
 • Parathyroid cancer
 • Ectopic production: Small cell lung cancer, ovarian
pancreatic cancer, thymoma
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Mediastinal Mass:
 • Thymus (Thymoma, carcinoma, hyperplasia, cyst)
 • Lymphoma
 •
Mass: • Thymus (Thymoma
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
to screen for thymoma ... patients with thymoma
The table on the left is the overall table for mediastinal masses.
In the next paragraphs we
> 60%) are: - Thymomas ... Lymphomas - LAD - Thymomas
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
- Thymoma and ... The majority of thymomas
Localization, type, and prevalence of mediastinal masses. 

Aneurysm, Thoracic duct cysts, Bronchogenic cysts, Neurinomas, Enterogenic cysts,
Dermoid cysts, Thymomas