Mediastinal lesions in children

Table 3 Paravertebral space lesions

Paravertebral space (posterior mediastinum)	Common	Less common
Sympathetic ganglia tumor	Neuroblastoma, ganglioneuroma, ganglioneuroblastoma
Peripheral nerve sheath tumor		Schwannoma, neurofibroma, malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor
Non neurogenic tumors	Lymph node enlargement, vascular malformation or aneurysm	Extramedullary hematopoiesis, small round blue cell malignancies