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**Mix of epithelial cells and small lymphoid cells.
**Mix of epithelial cells and small lymphoid cells.
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*[[Thyroid gland]].
*Metastasis.
*[[Metastasis]].


===Rare===
===Rare===

Revision as of 03:00, 4 February 2012

The mediastinum is a place where tumours occasionally grow. It is also a place one can find various cysts.

Differenital diagnosis

Benign

Common:[1]

Rare:[1]

Malignant

Rare

Specific diagnoses

Fibrosing mediastinitis

General

Clinical:[2]

  • Fever.
  • Cough.

Etiology:

  • Various - infectious, idiopathic.[3]

Microscopic

Features:

  • Fibrous tissue.
  • +/-Microorganisms.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 URL: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/426659-overview#a0102. Accessed on: 15 November 2011.
  2. Humphrey, Peter A; Dehner, Louis P; Pfeifer, John D (2008). The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology (1st ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 143. ISBN 978-0781765275.
  3. Patil, PL.; Salkar, HR. (Jun 2005). "Idiopathic mediastinal fibrosis presenting as mediastinal compression syndrome.". Indian J Med Sci 59 (6): 268-71. PMID 15988098.