Disorders of the Mediastinum I

Author: Stephen C. Yang, MD
Institution: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Date Reviewed: April 2014
Learning Domain: General Thoracic
Learning Objective: Mediastinal Infections
PowerPoint File: Disorders of the Mediastinum I

Learning Points

• Diagnostic studies of dependent on location and suspected diagnosis
• Need for tissue depends on likely diagnosis and accessibility
• Well-circumscribed masses likely benign
• Acute infections:  r/o viscous perforation and descending H&N infections
• Most common benign cause SVC syndrome:  histoplasmosis