BRONCHOGENIC cysts of the mediastinum represent less than 5 per cent of all mediastinal masses in children and may cause respiratory distress in the infant. 1 Failure to make the correct diagnosis ...

TERATOID tumors originating in the anterior mediastinum are well known. In our experience they constitute the commonest tumor at this site. The majority are cystic and benign.1 Morphologically, var ...

A 65-year-old man was referred for a mediastinal mass in the right paratracheal area that was found on a routine chest radiograph (Figure 1). His primary care physician ordered a CT scan (Figure 2 ...

Abstract PURPOSE: To evaluate the role of postchemotherapy surgery in patients with nonseminomatous germ cell tumors arising from the anterior mediastinum. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Thirty-two patients ...

PURPOSE: Large-cell lymphoma (LCL) arising in the mediastinum (LCL-M) is a heterogeneous group of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) that includes B-cell lymphomas as well as T-cell lymphomas, including ...

The amount of intra-thoracic fat, of which mediastinal adipose tissue comprises the major depot, is related to various cardiometabolic risk factors. Autopsy and imaging studies indicate that the ...

To determine the efficacy of first-line sequential high-dose VIP chemotherapy (HD-VIP) in patients with primary mediastinal nonseminomatous germ cell tumours (GCT), 28 patients were enrolled on a ...

Doctors at RGGGH treat pregnant woman with hypercalcemia, parathyroid tumour in mediastinum The woman, who was 22 weeks pregnant, was referred to the government hospital from Jipmer ...