The infected mediastinum

Infected benign cystic teratoma of the mediastinum.

A young man aged 22 years presented with shortness of breath, left sided chest pain, mild dry cough, peripheral cyanosis, fever and generalized weakness for three years. He was diagnosed as having a large infected cystic mediastinal mass with tricuspid regurgitation and severe pulmonary hypertension. On thoracotomy, one litre of pus was aspirated and tumour was excised and sent for histopatholo...

Imaging of the Mediastinum

Mediastinal masses can be benign cysts, neurogenic tumors, germ cell neoplasms, thymomas or lymphomas. The mediastinum is demarcated by the pleural cavities laterally. Superior to the mediastinum, you find the thoracic inlet. The mediastinum is usually divided into three main compartments, anterior, middle and posterior. This anatomical classification of the mediastinum is useful for the radiol...

Imaging of the Mediastinum

Mediastinal masses can be benign cysts, neurogenic tumors, germ cell neoplasms, thymomas or lymphomas. The mediastinum is demarcated by the pleural cavities laterally. Superior to the mediastinum, you find the thoracic inlet. The mediastinum is usually divided into three main compartments, anterior, middle and posterior. This anatomical classification of the mediastinum is useful for the radiol...

Haemangioma of the mediastinum.

Mediastinal masses not infrequently present themselves as problems for diagnosis. Benign vascular tumours of the mediastinum are rare. Adams and Bloch (1944) reported a case in which the tumour was incompletely removed at operation. The patient was alive and well four years later. The subject was reviewed by Seybold, McDonald, Clagett, and Harrington (1949), who collected 14 cases from the lite...

Neoplasms of the Mediastinum