title: Giant lymph node hyperplasia of the posterior mediastinum.
abstract: Giant lymph node hyperplasia is a rare cause of a mediastinal mass. When it occurs in the posterior mediastinum, it has no characteristic features. It simulates a neurogenic tumor, from which it may be indistinguishable, even angiographically.
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography