Mediastinal tumours
Primary mediastinal tumours are uncommon. The more common ones include:
- dermoid cysts:
- most common
- most common
- neurogenic tumours:
- arising from nerve cells:
- neuroblastoma
- ganglioneuroma
- phaeochromocytoma
- arising from nerve sheaths:
- neurilemmoma
- neurosarcoma
- neurofibroma
- thymoma
- other very rare tumours:
- lipoma and liposarcoma
- haemangioma
- benign and malignant mesenchymal tumours of the heart
- mesothelioma of the pericardium
Reference
- Duwe BV, Sterman DH, Musani AI. Tumors of the mediastinum. Chest. 2005 Oct;128(4):2893-909.
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