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Evaluation of the Anterior Mediastinal
Mass
Betty C. Tong, MD, MHS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Duke University Medical Center
April 7, 2018
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Disclosure
• Consultant (Physicians’ Advisory Board), Medtronic
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Objectives
• Describe the most common anterior
mediastinal problems
• Review current clinical standards for
evaluation of anterior mediastinal
abnormalities
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The Mediastinum
• Anterior– Borders:
• Thoracic inlet
• Diaphragm
• IMAs / phrenic
• Sternum
• Pericardium
– Contains thymus, IMAs, lymph
nodes, connective tissue, fat
Surgery of the Chest, 7th Edition; 2005
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The Anterior Mediastinum
• Includes– Thymus, IMAs, lymph
nodes, connective tissue, fat
• Masses– Thyroid
– Thymus
– Teratoma
– “Terrible” Lymphoma
Surgery of the Chest, 7th Edition; 2005
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Case Presentation
• 83-year old woman, previously healthy, who
presents with 2 month h/o DOE (SOB when
walking stairs)
• PMH: spinal stenosis, hypercholesterolemia,
s/p TAH/BSO, s/p knee arthroscopy
• Social HX: never smoker; non-drinker.
Former real estate agent
• Diagnostic evaluation?
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• Chest CT
– 3.9 cm anterior
mediastinal mass
– Cystic and solid in nature
• PET
– Mild hypermetabolic
activity in lesion
– No other sites
• Diagnostic options
– TTNA
– Surgical bx/resection
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When to Biopsy an Anterior
Mediastinal Mass?
Biopsy strategies
1. Needle (FNA, core)
2. Surgical (Chamberlain, VATS)
When to proceed straight to resection?
1. Imaging shows features consistent with teratoma
2. Patient > 40 years old, AND
1. b-HCG and a-FP are normal, AND
2. No clinical s/sx of lymphoma
3. Patient has a diagnosis of MG
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Case Presentation
• Cardiac evaluation negative
• Surgery: Robot-assisted
thymectomy, uncomplicated
post-op course
• Pathology
– Cortical thymoma, WHO B1
type, 3.9 cm
– Focal microscopic capsular
invasion
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Which of the following is most
commonly associated with an
anterior mediastinal mass?
a. Substernal or ectopic thyroid
b. Ectopic parathyroid gland
c. Thymus
d. Lymphoma
e. Germ cell tumor
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Which of the following is most
commonly associated with an
anterior mediastinal mass?
a. Substernal or ectopic thyroid
b. Ectopic parathyroid gland
c. Thymus – accounts for 50% of anterior mediastinal
masses
d. Lymphoma
e. Germ cell tumor
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Thymic Masses
• Thymoma
• Thymic cyst
• Thymic carcinoma
• Ectopic parathyroid
gland
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• Arises from 3rd pharyngeal pouches at 6th week of gestation
• Development of cellular immunity (T lymphocytes)
• After 1st year of life, decreases in size and mass at a steady rate
until middle age
• May harbor ectopic parathyroid tissue
• Arterial supply is via IMA’s
• Venous drainage into innominate vein
http://www.surgery.wisc.edu/cardio/migravis/images/thymus_gland.jpg
Thymus
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A 34-year old man presents with this mass. On further
questioning, he reports a 6-month h/o diplopia, difficulty
swallowing, and weakness of torso and thighs. Sx’s are
typically worse later in the day and evening. Appropriate
tests for his w/u include each of the following EXCEPT?
A. Brain CT
B. Deep tendon reflexes
C. Edrophonium chloride
injection
D. Serum acetylcholine
receptor antibody
assay
E. Single-fiber EMG
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A 34-year old man presents with this mass. On further
questioning, he reports a 6-month h/o diplopia, difficulty
swallowing, and weakness of torso and thighs. Sx’s are
typically worse later in the day and evening. Appropriate
tests for his w/u include each of the following EXCEPT?
A. Brain CT
B. Deep tendon reflexes
C. Edrophonium chloride
injection
D. Serum acetylcholine
receptor antibody
assay
E. Single-fiber EMG
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Thymoma and Myasthenia Gravis
• 50% of patients with thymoma have MG
• 10-15% of patients with MG have thymoma
• 70% of patients with MG have thymic hyperplasia
• MG Presentation: Weakness in specific muscle
groups
– Ocular sx’s: diplopia, ptosis
– Craniofacial sx’s: difficulty chewing or swallowing,
slurred speech, voice changes
– Dz progression is descending (craniocaudal) direction
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Workup for Myasthenia Gravis
• Tensilon Test: IV injection of edrophonium chloride
results in immediate improvement of muscle weakness
• Serum testing for antibodies to acetylcholine receptor
(AchR) is pathognomonic
– Normal levels of AChR do not exclude the dx of MG
• Single-fiber EMG is useful when the clinical picture is not
clear and there are not antibodies
– With MG there is increased neuromuscular jitter
• Brain imaging not necessary
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Thymoma
• Occur in patients of all ages; peak is 35-70 years
• Staging – TNM, WHO, Masaoka
• Surgery is the mainstay of treatment
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Thymoma
• Most common thymic tumor
• Histology
– Lymphocyte predominant – may be difficult to
distinguish from lymphoma on FNA
– Epithelial
– Mixed
• Demographics
– Age > 40 years
– M = F
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Thymoma and Associated Diseases
• Myasthenia Gravis
– Up to 50% of thymoma pts will have MG sx’s
– Up to 15% of MG patients will have thymoma
• Cytopenias (Red cell hypoplasia)
• Nonthymic malignancies
• Autoimmunie Diseases – SLE, RA,
Sjogren’s, polymyositis
• Ulcerative Colitis
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Management of Thymoma
• Question regarding MG sx’s
/ medical mgmt of MG
• Surgery for Masaoka I and II
• Surgical Approach– Median sternotomy
– VATS/Robotic
– Transcervical
• Induction therapy?
– III and IVa
• Adjuvant XRT?
– Incompletely resected III and
IV
Masaoka Staging System
I Grossly and microscopically completely
encapsulated tumor
IIa Microscopic transcapsular invasion
IIb Macroscopic invasion into thymic or
surrounding fatty tissue, or grossly
adherent to but not breaking through
mediastinal pleura or pericardium
III Macroscopic invasion into neighboring
organ (i.e. pericardium, great vessel or
lung)
IVa Pleural or pericardial metastases
IVb Lymphogenous or hematogenous
metastasis
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Thyroid
• Intrathoracic mass is usually
continuous with thyroid
gland in neck
• Sx’s: cough, SOB,
dysphagia
• Surgical Approach?
– Transcervical (95%)
– Intrathoracic (VATS vs.
partial/median sternotomy)
Pearson’s Thoracic & Esophageal Surgery, 2008
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Ectopic Parathyroid Gland
Exploration indicated when hyperparathyroidism sx’s persist, prior
neck exploration is negative and imaging suggests intrathoracic
gland
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Teratoma
Germ Cell Tumors
• Benign Teratoma*
• Malignant Germ Cell
Tumor
– Seminoma
– Non-seminomatous GCT
*most commong
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Mature Teratoma
• Most common germ cell tumor
arising in the mediastinum
• Generally benign; malignant
transformation rare
• Contains elements of fat, fluid,
bone
• Not responsive to XRT or
chemotherapy
• Treatment is surgery
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What is the most appropriate management for a
patient who coughs up hair and is found to have a
large mediastinal mass?
A. Serum tumor markers
B. Resection
C. Chemotherapy
D. Chemo/XRT
Which ones?
a-FP, b-HCG
If normal tumor markers, then what?
Resection
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What is the most appropriate management for a
patient who coughs up hair and is found to have a
large mediastinal mass?
A. Serum tumor markers
B. Resection
C. Chemotherapy
D. Chemo/XRT
Which ones?
a-FP, b-HCG
If elevated tumor markers?
Chemotherapy
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26M with Klinefelter’s syndrome p/w 3-month h/o progressive
chest discomfort. Physical exam is unremarkable. CT
demonstrates an anterior mediastinal mass. What is the next
step in management?
A. Anterior mediastinotomy with
biopsy
B. CT-guided biopsy
C. Measurement of serum tumor
markers
D. Serum acetylcholinesterase
and antibody measurement
E. Wide surgical excision
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26M with Klinefelter’s syndrome p/w 3-month h/o progressive
chest discomfort. Physical exam is unremarkable. CT
demonstrates an anterior mediastinal mass. What is the next
step in management?
A. Anterior mediastinotomy with
biopsy
B. CT-guided biopsy
C. Measurement of serum tumor
markers – a-FP and b-HCG
D. Serum acetylcholinesterase
and antibody measurement
E. Wide surgical excision
* Klinefelter’s is a known risk factor for primary mediastinal NSGCT
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Which of the following tumor
markers would be elevated in a
patient with a seminoma?
a. CEA
b. LDH
c. a-FP
d. b-HCG
e. CA 19-9
f. All of the above
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Which of the following tumor
markers would be elevated in a
patient with a seminoma?
a. CEA
b. LDH – nonspecific; elevated in both seminoma and
NSGCT
c. a-FP
d. b-HCG
e. CA 19-9
f. All of the above
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Which of the following tumor markers
would be elevated in a patient with a non-
seminomatous germ cell tumor
(NSGCT)?
a. CEA
b. LDH
c. a-FP
d. b-HCG
e. CA 19-9
f. All of the above
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Which of the following tumor markers
would be elevated in a patient with a non-
seminomatous germ cell tumor
(NSGCT)?
a. CEA
b. LDH – nonspecific; elevated in both seminoma and
NSGCT
c. a-FP – elevated in NSGCT
d. b-HCG – elevated in NSGCT
e. CA 19-9
f. All of the above
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This 26M has normal serum a-FP
and mildly elevated b-HCG levels.
Biopsy is required to establish the
diagnosis.
A. True
B. False
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This 26M has normal serum a-FP
and mildly elevated b-HCG levels.
Biopsy is required to establish the
diagnosis.
A. True – tissue is necessary to distinguish this
seminoma from thymoma and lymphoma.
CT-guided bx is preferred, but surgical bx
may also be performed.
B. False 80% of seminomas stain positively for
placental alkaline phosphatase
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Malignant GCTs
Seminoma
• Normal a-FP; b-HCG normal or mildly elevated
• Scrotal exam and testicular U/S – r/o testicular 1°
• Management
• Radiation Therapy
• Chemotherapy (Bleomycin, Etoposide, Cisplatin)
• Role for surgery?
• Surgical excision only if residual mass is present after
therapy
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Seminomatous Tumors
Locally advanced Distant metastasisSmall encapsulated
Surgery + XRT Chemotherapy Chemotherapy
CT normal Mass on CT
FollowSalvage XRT,
Surgery or Both
Follow
Growth
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• Histology
– Yolk sac, embryonal cell,
choriocarcinoma
• Males 20-40 yo
• Elevated a-FP, b-HCG
• Management?
– Chemotherapy (cisplatin-based)
• Indication for/timing of surgery?
– For residual mass, after serum
markers have normalized
Malignant Germ Cell Tumors
Non-seminomatous GCT
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Non-Seminomatous Tumors After Chemo
Markers normal
Mass on CT Markers elevated
Markers and
CT normal
Observe Surgery Salvage
Chemotherapy
Necrotic tumor Viable tumor
Follow Salvage chemotherapy
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Germ Cell Tumors
Malignant
SeminomaNormal a-FP, b-HCG
Chemo/XRT
Surgery only for small encapsulated or salvage for growing residual mass
NSGCTYolk sac, embryonal cell, choriocarcinoma
Elevated a-FP, b-HCG
Chemo only
Surgery after serum markers normalize
Benign Teratoma
→ Resect
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A 25-year old woman with h/o nightly fevers and 10#
weight loss in the last month presents with a mediastinal
mass. An open biopsy is performed. The specimen is
submitted entirely for frozen section and “large cell
malignancy” is reported. What is the best next step in
management?
a. Close the incision and draw serum markers
b. Convert the incision to anterior thoracotomy and
excise the malignancy
c. Instruct the pathologist to thaw the frozen material
and preserve it in formalin
d. Obtain additional tissue from permanent sections
and flow cytometry
e. Request intraop consultation from gynecology
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Surgical Approach?
Considerations?
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A 25-year old woman with h/o nightly fevers and 10#
weight loss in the last month presents with a mediastinal
mass. An open biopsy is performed. The specimen is
submitted entirely for frozen section and “large cell
malignancy” is reported. What is the best next step in
management?
a. Close the incision and draw serum markers
b. Convert the incision to anterior thoracotomy and
excise the malignancy
c. Instruct the pathologist to thaw the frozen material
and preserve it in formalin
d. Obtain additional tissue from permanent sections
and flow cytometry
e. Request intraop consultation from gynecology
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Lymphoma is the most common
malignant tumor of the anterior
mediastinum.
a. True
b. False
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Lymphoma is the most common
malignant tumor of the anterior
mediastinum.
a. True
b. False – Lymphomas are the second most common
malignancy of the anterior mediastinum;
Thymomas are most common
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“Terrible” Lymphoma
• Symptoms
– Chest pain, dyspnea, wheezing,
stridor, hoarseness, dysphagia,
SVC syndrome
• Most common types
– Nodular sclerosing Hodgkin’s
lymphoma
– Primary mediastinal B cell
lymphoma
• Flow cytometry
• Treatment = chemotherapy
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Summary
• Evaluation of the anterior mediastinal mass
must be individualized to the patient and
clinical scenario
• Thymic lesions are most common, followed
by lymphoma
• Role for surgery varies depending on the
diagnosis
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Thank you!