Mediastinal tumor
Alternate Names : Thymoma - mediastinal, Lymphoma - mediastinal
Definition ...
Mediastinal tumors are growths that form in the area that separates the lungs. This area contains the heart, large blood vessels, windpipe (trachea), thymus gland, and connective tissues.
Causes ...
Most common primary anterior mediastinal tumor (20%) in adults but rarely seen in children. It can be classified as lymphocytic, epithelial, or spindle cell histologies, but the clinical significance of these classifications is controversial.
[6] Children with malignant, nonmetastatic mediastinal GCT who receive cisplatin-based chemotherapy have 5-year EFS and OS rates of 90%, but an EFS closer to 70% occurs with metastatic mediastinal tumors.
Esophagectomy -removal of the esophagus
Mediastinal tumor resection -removal of tumors located in the mediastinum (the part of the chest cavity that separates the lungs)
Sympathectomy-cauterizing a portion of the sympathetic nerve ...
Acute porphyria (very rare)
Central nervous system infection
Central nervous system tumor
Lung infections
Lung or mediastinal tumors
Post-surgery fluid imbalance
Syndrome of inappropriate ADH (SIADH) ...
Congenital heart diseases
Cardiomyopathies
Cardiac mass, tumor, cancer
Mediastinal tumor
Aortic diseases: aneurysm, tear, dissection
Pulmonary artery diseases
Vascular diseases: blockage, atherosclerotic plaque ...
Pathology of mediastinal tumors
Relapse of classical Hodgkin lymphoma after initial radiotherapy
Second and third line agents for relapsing or resistant classical Hodgkin lymphoma
Second malignancies after treatment of classical Hodgkin lymphoma ...
 See also: Surgery, Cancer, Fever, Symptom, Bleeding
  
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