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Table 4 Lesions allocated to mediastinal compartments

From: Role of diffusion weighted MR-imaging in the evaluation of malignant mediastinal lesions

Mediastinal compartment

Lymphoma

Central bronchogenic carcinoma

Metastatic lymph nodes

Thymic tumors

Germ cell tumors

Neurogenic tumors

Angiosarcoma

Total

Anterior

7

1

2

4

4

–

1

19 (57.6%)

Middle

–

4

2

–

–

–

–

6 (18.2%)

Posterior

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

1 (3%)

More than one compartment

2

5

–

–

–

–

–

7 (21.2%)

Total

9

10

4

4

4

1

1

33 (100%)