Some Causes of Mediastinal Masses in Children

Some Causes of Mediastinal Masses in Children

Location

Cause

Anterior (prevascular)

Ectopic thyroid

Lymphoma

Sarcoma

Teratoma

Thymic lesions

Middle (visceral)

Bronchogenic cyst

Cardiac tumor

Cystic hygroma

Lymphadenopathy (due to infection, malignancy, or inflammation)

Lymphoma

Pericardial cyst

Vascular abnormalities

Posterior (paravertebral)

Esophageal duplication

Meningomyelocele

Neuroenteric abnormalities

Neurogenic tumors

Data from Biko DM, Lichtenberger JP 3rd, Rapp JB, Khwaja A, Huppmann AR, Chung EM. Mediastinal Masses in Children: Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation [published correction appears in Radiographics 2021 Sep-Oct;41(5):E164. doi: 10.1148/rg.2021219008]. Radiographic 2021;41(4):1186-1207. doi:10.1148/rg.2021200180 and Gerber TS, Porubsky S. Benign lesions of the mediastinum. Histopathology 2024;84(1):183-195. doi:10.1111/his.15088

Data from Biko DM, Lichtenberger JP 3rd, Rapp JB, Khwaja A, Huppmann AR, Chung EM. Mediastinal Masses in Children: Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation [published correction appears in Radiographics 2021 Sep-Oct;41(5):E164. doi: 10.1148/rg.2021219008]. Radiographic 2021;41(4):1186-1207. doi:10.1148/rg.2021200180 and Gerber TS, Porubsky S. Benign lesions of the mediastinum. Histopathology 2024;84(1):183-195. doi:10.1111/his.15088

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