Sunday, 29 November 2015

Most common posterior Mediastinal tumor | MCQs for AIPGMEE


Most common posterior mediastinal tumor is: 

A. Neurofibroma 
B. Teratoma 
C. Lymphoma 
D. Bronchogenic cyst

Ans. A. Neurofibroma

Mediastinal masses

Ant. mediastinum
Anterosuperior. 
-Thymoma MC in ant. Mediastinum. 
- Lymphoma
- Teratoma
- Stem cell tumor
- Thyroid
- Parathyroid
-Lipoma
- Hernia Hiatal, Morgagni. 
- Retrosternal goitre
Middle mediastinum
Visceral mediastinum. 
- Cyst MC in middle. 
- Bronchogenic
- Enterogenous cyst
- Pleuropericardial cyst
- Myxoma
- Oesophageal lesion
- Lymphoma
- Aneurysm
- Lipoma
Post mediastinum
Paravertebral sulci. 
- Neurogenic tumor MC overall. 
- Lymphoma
- Metastatic germ cell tumor
- Enterogenous cyst
- Meningocele
- Mesenchymal tumor