Mediastinum Flashcards
Most common mass of the thoracic inlet masses
Thyroid masses
Lymphomatous nodes
Lymphangiomas
This helps to localize a mass in the superior mediastinum on frontal chest radiographs as either anterior or posterior
Cervicothoracic sign
Most common
Superior mediastinal mass extending to thoracic inlet
Thyroid goiter
Seen in the prevascular anterior mediastinal masses
Thymic masses
Retrosternal Thyroid
Teratoma
Terrible lymphoma
This is present when the normal hilar structures project through a mass
Hilum overlay sign
Common in primary mediastinal neoplasm in adults
Lymphoma
Second most common after lymphoma
Thymomas
Thymic epithelial neoplasms
This is usually considered as a malignant teratoma
Solid teratoma
Most common malignant germ cell neoplasm
Seminoma
Paratracheal stripe should have what kind of range
1 to 4mm