solitary fibrous tumors (sfts) are rare primary pleural neoplasms which have recently been reported in extra-thoracic sites. in this report, solitary fibrous tumor arising in an intra-thoracic goiter with no evidence of cervical mass in a 74-year-old obese man who was found to have a large superior mediastinal mass with tracheal deviation on chest x-ray is presented.

A 21 year old female presented with incidental findings of complex anterior mediastinal mass. This patient was otherwise healthy, without contributory medical, surgical, family or social history. CT imaging identified a right paracardiac mediastinal mass with components of variable attenuation, including fluid, soft tissue and fat components. Mediastinal mature teratoma was suspected. Cystic or...

Neoplasms, cysts, inflammatory processes, and aneurysms may present as a mediastinal mass. New diagnostic techniques have recently become available for use in the investigation of a mediastinal mass, and we present a case illustrating the use of a transbronchial needle through a flexible bronchoscope to drain an accumulation of mediastinal fluid. So far as we are aware this is the first such re...

Sixty patients with anterior mediastinal neoplasms undergoing computed tomography before surgical exploration were entered in a prospective study to assess the value of computed tomography in the preoperative staging of anterior mediastinal tumours. Correct prediction of location, size, and tissue density was obtained in all 60 cases. Correct identification of the nature of the tumours was achi...

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...

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...

Superior vena cava syndrome is a clear sign for clinicians of infiltrative mediastinal involvement, usually caused by neoplasms in this location, and it is an indicator of poor prognosis. However, other diseases of benign origin can also cause these alterations. We present the case of a 34-year-old patient who debuted with symptoms of superior vena cava syndrome due to idiopathic mediastinal fi...

Lipoblastomatous tumors are quite rare neoplasms deriving from embryonic white fatty tissues, most often seen in infancy and childhood. Lipoblastoma is the focal and well-circumscribed type, whereas lipoblastomatosis is the more infiltrating type of lipoblastomatous tumors. We present a 14-month-old male infant presenting with a mediastinal mass showing paraparesis, who had previously undergone...

Lipoblastoma is a rare benign tumor that occurs in infancy and early childhood, accounting to less than 1% of all childhood neoplasms. About 20 cases of mediastinal lipoblastoma have been reported in English literature. We report a rare case of mediastinal lipoblastoma in a 6-year-old boy. The tumor weighing 996 gm was successfully excised. Clinical manifestations, radiological and histopatholo...