Volume : VII, Issue : VI, June - 2017

Clinical and radiological profile of mediastinal masses in a tertiary care centre

Pankaj Sharma, Rachit Sharma, Pk Sharma

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 BACKGROUND:  Mediastinal masses constitute a wide histopathological and radiological spectrum. Computed Tomography (CT) is the imaging modality of choice in the evaluation of mediastinal lesions. AIM: To determine the causes of mediastinal masses and to correlate the CT findings with the histopathology reports.    MATERIAL & METHOD: A prospective study  of 40 consecutive patients who had undergone CT evaluation for suspect mediastinal mass leisons. RESULTS: Mean age of patients was 46.4yrs.Commonest symptoms were dyspnoea(57.5%),cough(42.5%),chest pain(32.5%)and fever(20%),CT revealed  anterior mediastinum lesions in 52.5 %,posterior in 27.5%and in middle mediastinum in 20%.Majority lesions were benign (67.5%).Histopathological diagnosis  correlated well with CT diagnosis with an accurarcy of 94%. CONCLUSION: Computed Tomography plays a significant role in the assessment of various mediastinal pathologies . Thymic masses (33.3 %), neural tumors (54.5 %) and tubercular lymph node masses (50 %) were the most common mediastinal masses in the anterior, posterior and middle mediastinal compartments, respectively.

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Pankaj Sharma, Rachit Sharma, PK Sharma, Clinical and radiological profile of mediastinal masses in a tertiary care centre, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾6 | June‾2017

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