mediastinal cyst


mediastinal cyst

A generic term for any cyst or cyst-like mass found in the mediastinum. Once a cystic mass is identified by imaging, the normal next step is a biopsy to determine its nature.
Mediastinal cysts
▪ Proper cysts
▪ Bronchogenic cyst
▪ Enteric cyst
▪ Meningocoele
▪ Pericardial cyst
▪ Thymic cyst
▪ Thyroid/parathyroid
▪ Vascular—lymphangioma/haemangioma
▪ Neoplasms with cysts
▪ Hodgkins lymphoma
▪ Seminoma
▪ Teratoma
▪ Thymoma
▪ Vascular