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: most common- nerve sheath tumours
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parasymphatheticparasympathetic ganglion tumours - sympathetic chain tumours
- non-neurogenic tumours
- chordoma 2
- chondrosarcoma
- Ewing sarcoma
- oesophageal neoplasm
- lymphoma 1
- invasive thymoma
- metastasis
-
neurogenic tumours
- infection
- inflammation
- vascular
- descending thoracic aortic aneurysm
- varices
- lymphangioma
- hernias
- trauma
- paraspinal haematoma
- lymphadenopathy
- extramedullary haematopoiesis
- foregut duplication cysts
- thoracic meningocele
-<a href="/articles/neurogenic-tumours-1">neurogenic tumours</a> - most common <ul>- +<a href="/articles/neurogenic-tumours-1">neurogenic tumours</a>: most common <ul>
-<li>parasymphathetic ganglion tumours<ul>- +<li>parasympathetic ganglion tumours<ul>
-<li><a href="/articles/lymphangioma">lymphangioma </a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/lymphatic-malformations-1">lymphangioma </a></li>
-<li><a href="/articles/spinal-neurenteric-cysts">neurenteric cyst</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/spinal-neurenteric-cyst">neurenteric cyst</a></li>
-<a href="/articles/bronchgenic-cyst">bronchgenic cyst</a> <sup>5</sup>- +<a href="/articles/bronchgenic-cyst">bronchogenic cyst</a> <sup>5</sup>
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