ANTERIOR MEDIASTINAL MASS

Summaiya Asif Mallam

Abstract


Mediastinal masses in paediatric patients are very heterogeneous in origin and aetiology. In the first decade of life, 70% of the mediastinal masses are benign whereas malignant tumours are more frequent in the second decade of life. Among the mediastinal masses, lymph nodes are the most common involved structures and could be enlarged due to a lymphoma, leukaemia, metastatic disease, or due to infectious diseases as sarcoidosis, tuberculosis and others.
Keywords: Mediastinal masses, Lymphoma, Paediatric
Stud J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad 2015;1(1):24-5


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