TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Mediastinal Masses
A1  - Fitzpatrick, Meghan E.
A1  - Prendergast, Niall T.
A1  - Rivera-Lebron, Belinda
A2  - Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2  - McPhee, Stephen J.
A2  - Rabow, Michael W.
A2  - McQuaid, Kenneth R.
PY  - 2022
T2  - Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2022
AB  - Various  developmental,  neoplastic,  infectious,  traumatic,  and  cardiovascular  disorders  may  cause  masses  that  appear  in  the  mediastinum  on  chest  radiograph.  A  useful  convention  arbitrarily  divides  the  mediastinum  into  three  compartments—anterior,  middle,  and  posterior—in  order  to  classify  mediastinal  masses  and  assist  in  differential  diagnosis  based  on  contents  of  these  anatomic  regions.  The  anterior  compartment  is  bounded  by  the  sternum  anteriorly  and  the  surface  of  the  great  vessels  and  pericardium  posteriorly.  The  middle  compartment  extends  from  the  anterior  pericardium  to  the  anterior  surface  of  the  thoracic  spine.  The  posterior  compartment  is  paravertebral.  Specific  mediastinal  masses  have  a  predilection  for  one  or  more  of  these  compartments;  most  are  located  in  the  anterior  or  middle  compartment.  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1186012888
ER  -