Posterior mediastinal mass (differential diagnosis)
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The differential diagnosis for a posterior mediastinal mass includes:
- neoplasm
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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
-
neurogenic tumours - most common
- infection
- inflammation
- vascular
- descending thoracic aortic aneurysm
- varices
- lymphangioma
- hernias
- trauma
- paraspinal
hematomahaematoma
- paraspinal
- lymphadenopathy
- extramedullary haematopoiesis
- foregut duplication cysts
- thoracic meningocoele
-<li><a title="Pancreatic pseudocyst" href="/articles/pancreatic-pseudocyst-1">pancreatic pseudocyst</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/pancreatic-pseudocyst-1">pancreatic pseudocyst</a></li>
-<li>trauma <ul><li>paraspinal hematoma</li></ul>- +<li>trauma <ul><li>paraspinal haematoma</li></ul>