Mediastinal mesenchymal tumor

Definition

A benign or malignant soft tissue neoplasm of the mediastinum. Representative examples of benign mediastinal soft tissue neoplasms include chondroma, leiomyoma, lipoma, and rhabdomyoma. Representative examples of malignant mediastinal soft tissue neoplasms include angiosarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, liposarcoma, osteosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, and synovial sarcoma.

Also known as mediastinal soft tissue neoplasm, mediastinal soft tissue tumor, mediastinal soft tissue tumour, soft tissue neoplasm of mediastinum, soft tissue neoplasm of the mediastinum, soft tissue tumor of mediastinum, soft tissue tumor of the mediastinum, soft tissue tumour of the mediastinum — per MONDO

Also identified as

• DOID 5560 per MONDO
• NCIT C6637 per MONDO
• UMLS C1334669 per MONDO

Affected Organs