Calcified Mediastinal Masses
The causes of calcification in a mediastinal mass:
Anterior mediastinum
- Aneurysm of ascending aorta
- Retrosternal goitre
- Thymoma
- Germ cell tumor
- Lymphoma after radiotherapy
- Haemangioma
Middle mediastinum
- Lymph node enlargement
- Tuberculosis
- Histoplasmosis
- Lymphoma after radiotherapy
- Sarcoidosis
- Silicosis
- Amyloidosis
- Mucin-secreting adenocarcinoma
- Aneurysm of aortic arch
- Bronchogenic cyst
Posterior mediastinum
- Aneurysm of descending aorta
- Neurogenic tumor
- Neuroblastoma
- Neurofibrosarcoma
- Ganglioneuroma
- Neurenteric cyst
- Abscess
- Haematoma
- Leiomyoma of oesophagus
Source: David Sutton P60