Yeungnam Univ J Med.
2010 Dec;27(2):98-104. 10.12701/yujm.2010.27.2.98.
Anterior Mediastinal Tumor
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea. jklee@med.yu.ac.kr
- KMID: 1462686
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.2010.27.2.98
Abstract
- Primary anterior mediastinal neoplasms comprise a diverse group of tumors and account for 50% of all mediastinal masses. Thymic epithelial neoplasm are most common and classified into thymoma, invasive thymoma, and thymic carcinoma. Neuroendocrine differentiation of thymic epithelial neoplasm are rare malignancies. Germ cell tumor (GCT) is second most common anterior mediastinal tumor and most of them are mature cystic teratoma. Malignant mediastinal GCT are rare than benign. Primary thoracic lymphoma is rare than thoracic involvement of systemic lymphoma and most common location of primary thoracic lymphoma is anterior mediastinum. The clinical and radiologic appearance of the most common masses are reviewed.
