11 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 BTOG Thymic Interest Group have developed an algorithm (Figure 1) 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 malignancy (thymoma) to high grade malignancy (thymic carcinoma, lymphoma and germ cell tumours).
Source: Lung Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: Clinical Networks and Pathways Source Type: research