Mediastinal lesions in children

Figure 13  A 5-year-old patient with T-cell ALL has neck and back pain, shortness of breath, and cough. A: On posteroanterior chest radiograph, significant enlargement of the mediastinum secondary to the mass and increased aeration in the right lung are observed; B: Compression of the right main bronchus secondary to the mass (red arrow) also draws attention; B and C: A mass lesion (red arrow) located in the anterior mediastinum but extending into the middle mediastinum and circulating the main vascular structures is observed.