Mediastinal tumor history and symptoms

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

History and Symptoms

Almost half of mediastinal tumors cause no symptoms and are found on a chest x-ray performed for another reason. Symptoms that do occur are due to pressure on (compression of) local structures and may include:

• Chest pain
• Chills
• Cough
• Coughing up blood (hemoptysis)
• Fever
• Hoarseness
• Night sweats
• Shortness of breath

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