Imaging Case of the Week 296 Answer

The frontal chest x-ray shows a right superior mediastinal mass with slight indentation on the trachea.

The patient had a testicular mass and later on was diagnosed with a testicular malignancy with secondary deposit in the mediastinum.

Differentials for an anterosuperior mediastinal mass are:

5 Ts (Radiopaedia) –

  • Thymoma
  • Teratoma
  • Thyroid
  • Terrible lymphoma
  • Thoracic aorta