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Posterior mediastinal mass (differential diagnosis)

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The differential diagnosis for a posterior mediastinal mass includes:

neoplasm
- neurogenic tumours - most common
  - nerve sheath tumours
  - parasymphathetic ganglion tumours
  - sympathetic chain tumours
- non-neurogenic tumours
  - chordoma ²
  - chondrosarcoma
  - Ewing sarcoma
  - oesophageal neoplasm
  - lymphoma ¹
  - invasive thymoma
  - metastasis
infection
- paraspinal abscess
inflammation
vascular
- descending thoracic aortic aneurysm
- varices
- lymphangioma
hernias
- hiatus hernia
- Bochdalek hernia
trauma
- paraspinal hematoma
lymphadenopathy
extramedullary haematopoiesis
foregut duplication cysts
- neurenteric cyst
- oesophageal duplication cyst
thoracic meningocoele

~~-<a href="/articles/neurogenic-tumours">neurogenic tumours</a> - most common <ul>~~
+<a title="Neurogenic tumours" href="/articles/neurogenic-tumours-1">neurogenic tumours</a> - most common <ul>

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