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Mediastinal Tumors and Cysts Sung Chul Hwang, M.D. Dept. of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Ajou University School of Medicine
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Introduction Silent in early phase Mainly cause pressure symptoms Incidentally discovered by routine x- rays Specific disease entities according to anatomical, and embryologic origin 50% malignant in children where as 25% in adults Metastatic tumor is the most common tumor
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Pain Cough Hemoptysis SVC syndrome Hoarseness Dyspnea Horner ’ s syndrome Dysphagia Pleural effusion Stridor Myathenia Gravis Phrenic nerve palsy Chylothorax Symptoms and Signs
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Diagnosis Chest PA & Lateral Bucky film Chest CT Fluoroscopy Bronchoscopy Esophagogram NAB Isotope Scanning Angiography Thoracotomy VATS Medistinoscopy
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Common Diseases of the Mediastinum
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Thymoma Anterior and Superior mediastinum Most common (20%)of mediastinal tumor in adults but rarely seen in children 2/3 is malignant Equal frequency in males and females 30 – 50 yrs Various Classification : Lymphocytic, Epithelial, Spindle Cell 50% are asymptomatic Associated diseases : MG (35%), PRCA, DiGeroge SD, Carcinoid, Eaton-Lambert, agammaglobulinemia, myocarditis, thyrotoxicosis, etc
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Thymoma (Staging) Stage I : contained within an intact capsule Stage II: extension through the capsule to surrounding fat, pleura, pericardium Stage III : Intrathoracic metastasis Stage IV: Extrathoracic Metastasis
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Thymoma(Treatment) Stage I : Surgical resection Recurrence 2-12% Stage II & III : Surgery + Radiotherapy Stage IV : Multimodality Induction chemotherapy, surgery + post op Radiotherapy 5-year Survival 12 – 54 %, not affected by the presence of Myasthenia Gravis
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Thymoma
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mass Ca++
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Thymus
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Lymphoma Metastatic is most common 5-10% is mediastinal primary Second moost common Anterior Mediastinal Mass in Adults Malignant > Hodgkin’s Dx: Mediastinoscopy, thoracotomy NAB : Usually not confirmatory
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Hodgkin’s Lymphoma “mediastinal widening”
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Germ Cell Tumors Anterior Mediastinal location Mainly in late teens 15 %of Ant. Med. Tumors in Adults, 24 % in children 1/5 is Malignant Cystic Teratoma(Dermoid Cyst) vs. Solid tumor (Teratoma) Solid tumor : 1/3 malignant Radiosensitive Teratoma, Malignant teratoma, Seminoma(dysgerminomas)
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Teratoma
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Substernal Thyroid Tissues Develops from cervical goiter or intrathoracic remnants Can be diagnosed without biopsy by Radioactive iodine scan No treatment unless symptomatic, usually pressure symptoms
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Rtrosternal Goiter
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Neurogenic Tumors Posterior mediastinal location 1/5 of mediastinal tumor Originate in neural crest Ganglioheuroma : most common in the textbook Neurilemmoma – most common in Korea : “ Dumb bell Tumor ”, neural sheath origin
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Poosterior Mediastinal Tumor ( Neurillemmoma) ) “Dumb-bell” Tumor
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Neurilemmoma(Schwannoma)
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Para-ganglioma
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Mesenchymal Tumors Lipoma, Fibroma, Mesothelioma Superior or Anterior mediastinal location Diagnosis with CT scan May cause Hypoglycemia
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Mediastinitis Acute : endoscopy complication, Boerhaave ’ s SD, operation, esophageal rupture, median sternotomy Chronic : Tbc, histoplasmosis, silicosis, fibrosing mediastinitis
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Fibrosing Mediastinitis 20- 40 years Cough, Dyspnea, or Hemoptysis Most common cause of Benign SVC syndrome Almost always remote Histoplasmosis Plain X-rays may be normal or only minimal changes Partially calcified Mass on CT is diagnostic
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Fibrosing Mediastinitis F/29 with SVC Syndrome by Histoplasmosis
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Fibrosing Mediastinitis F/29 with SVC Syndrome by Histoplasmosis
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Pneumomediastinum Spontaneous : mainly in young male adults Hamman sign Present along the Left sternal border Substernal pain, cough, Dyspnea, Dysphagia
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Pneumomediastinum
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Benign Cysts Most Common in Middle mediastinum 20% of mediastinal masses Less common in Korea Usually asymptomatic Bronchogenic cyst(32%), pericardial cyst(35%), enteric cyst(12%), thymic cyst, and thoracic duct cyst
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Pericardial Cyst Thin-walled, mesothelial cell lining most common in Right C-P angle Simple cysts are almost always asymptomatic Rare cardiac impingement
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Pericardial Cyst (1)
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Pericardial Cyst (2)
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Bronchogenic Cysts 30 - 60% of all mediastinal cysts Lined by ciliated respiratory epithelium May contain cartilages or mucous Communicate with tracheobronchial trees May become infected Wheezing, dyspnea, recurrent pulmonary infections
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Bronchogenic Cyst
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Aortic Aneurysm
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Thymolipoma
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Paratracheal Lymphadenopathy
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Paratracheal Lymphadenopathy with Tracheal Compression
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Paratracheal Lymphadenopathy
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Paratracheal Malignant Lymphadenopathy
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