Mediastinal masses

anterior mediastinum
  • Morgagni hernia
  • aortic aneurysm
  • cystic hygroma
  • diaphragmatic eventration
  • thymic tumors
  • retrosternal thyroid mass
  • germ cell tumor
  • lymph nodes (lymphoma)
  • pericardial cyst
  • pericardial fat pad
  • sternal masses
middle mediastinum
  • hernia (hiatus/aortic)
  • aortic aneurysm
  • lymph nodes (sarcoid, TB, lymphoma, metastases)
  • foregut duplication cysts
  • neurenteric cyst
  • mediastinal paragangliomas
  • carcinoma bronchus
  • fatty mediastinal tumors / mediastinal lipomatosis
posterior mediastinum
  • Bochdalek hernia
  • aortic aneurysm
  • myeloma / metastases
  • diaphragmatic eventration
  • sympathetic ganglion cell tumors
  • peripheral nerve tumors
  • lateral thoracic meningocele
  • extramedullary hematopoiesis
  • paravertebral abscess
  • pancreatic pseudocyst
  • neurenteric cyst