Gamuts

Soft-tissue mediastinal mass

The thymus is a specialized primary lymphoid organ of the immune system. Within the thymus, thymus cell lymphocytes or T cells mature. [Source: Wikipedia ]

May Be Caused by
 Common
Acute mediastinitis
Aortic aneurysm
Bochdalek hernia
Bronchogenic cyst
Castleman disease
Dilatation of aorta
Duplication cyst
Esophageal carcinoma
Esophageal leiomyoma
Fibrosing mediastinitis
Fracture of spine with hematoma
Granulomatous lung disease
Hematoma
Hernia of liver
Hiatal hernia
Infectious spondylitis
Intrathoracic goiter
Lymphadenopathy
Lymphoma
Mature hydatid cyst
Mediastinal abscess
Mediastinal hemorrhage
Metastasis
Metastatic lymphadenopathy
Morgagni hernia
Neoplasm of spine
Neurogenic tumor
Normal thymic enlargement
Paraspinal abscess
Paraspinal hemorrhage
Thoracic kidney
Thymic carcinoid
Thymic carcinoma
Thymic hyperplasia
Thymitis
Thymoma
Thyroid carcinoma
Tortuosity of aorta
 Uncommon
Cardiac fibroma
Cardiac neoplasm
Cardiac sarcoma
Extralobar pulmonary sequestration
Extramedullary hematopoiesis
Germ cell tumor
Hemangioma
Localized fibrous tumor of pleura
Lymphangioma
Mesothelioma
Paraganglioma
Parathyroid adenoma
Parathyroid carcinoma
Sarcoma
Seminoma
Spindle cell tumor
Teratoma

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