While most
cranial mediastinal masses are usually thymoma or lymphosarcoma, other causes may include ectopic thyroid tissue, branchial cyst, chemodectoma, or thoracic wall tumor.
Clinical signs are variable and are related to a space - occupying
cranial mediastinal mass and / or manifestations of the paraneoplastic syndrome.
Thoracic radiographs usually show
a cranial mediastinal mass.
Not exact matches
Precaval syndrome (swelling of the head, neck, and / or thoracic limbs) is possible if the
mediastinal mass causes compression of or invades the
cranial vena cava.
Fluid within the
cranial mediastinum (transudate, exudate, hemorrhage) can occasionally mimic a
mediastinal mass.