Making an accurate diagnosis of anterior mediastinal lesions: A proposal for a new diagnostic algorithm from the BTOG Thymic Interest Group

Due to rising demand in cross-sectional thoracic imaging, anterior mediastinal lesions are being identified with increasing frequency. Following iterative and multidisciplinary discussions, the [##########] have developed an algorithm to standardise the diagnostic approach for these relatively uncommon but important conditions which span from benign (thymic remnant, thymic hyperplasia and thymic cysts) to low grade suspected localised malignancy (thymomas) to high grade suspected more aggressive malignancy (thymic carcinoma, lymphoma and germ cell tumours).
Source: Clinical Radiology - Category: Radiology Authors: Source Type: research