Mediastinal tumor history and symptoms

Overview
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