Methods—A retrospective review of chest computed tomography scans was conducted to determine the width and position of the mediastinum within the supine chest. Radiographs were performed using a model ...

Thymus cancers are rare. The thymus is a small organ just behind the breast bone (sternum) in the front part of the chest. The thymus is in a part of the chest called the mediastinum, the space ...

However, the use of a pedicled omental flap through the diaphragm is associated with a risk of abdominal organs herniating into the anterior mediastinum.3–5 Symptoms of such herniation into the ...

Department of Radiology, Llandough Hospital, NHS Trust, Penarth, South Glamorgan. BACKGROUND--A number of reports of radiologically guided percutaneous biopsy of mediastinal masses have been described ...

For a given dataframe of organ sites or ICD billing codes ... will represent the minority of cases): abdomen_unknown chest_unknown lowerExtremity_unknown mediastinum_trachea mediastinum_heart ...

Idiopathic mediastinal fibrosis is a rare disease of unknown aetiology. It is a benign condition in which abnormal proliferation of fibrous tissue occurs within the mediastinum, leading to ...

Objectives The SUV of the liver or mediastinum is often used as an internal reference (IR) to which lesion SUV can be compared. Therefore, it is essential that the IR SUV remain consistent, ...