The most common mediastinal tumor is-: (A) Neurogenic tumor, (B) Pericardial cyst, (C) Hernia, (D) Teratoma
Answer is A. Overall most common mediastinal masses are neurogenic tumors (20%) followed by thymomas (19%), primary cysts (18%), lymphomas (13%) and germ cell tumors (10%).
Most of the mediastinal masses are located in the anterior mediastinum followed by the posterior (25%) and middle (19%).