Mediastinal masses can be benign cysts, neurogenic tumors, germ cell neoplasms, thymomas or lymphomas. The mediastinum is demarcated by the pleural cavities laterally. Superior to the mediastinum, you find the thoracic inlet. The mediastinum is usually divided into three main compartments, anterior, middle and posterior. This anatomical classification of the mediastinum is useful for the radiol...

musculoskeletal tuberculosis accounts for 1-2% of all types of tuberculosis. tubercular abscess of the chest wall accounts for 1-5% of all cases of musculoskeletal tuberculosis. herein, we report a case of tubercular abscess of the chest wall. the occurrence of caries rib and cold abscess of the chest wall with concomitant pulmonary tuberculosis, and tubercular lympha-denitis of neck and medias...

Background: The mediastinum is a complex anatomical region which contains many vital structures. Many aspects of mediastinal surgery, like that for other anatomic regions, have evolved from maximally invasive approach involving median sternotomy, anterior mediastinotomy, mediastinoscopy or thoracotomy, to minimally video-assisted approach. Robotic surgery presently the most advanced form surger...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the pattern of lymph node metastasis (LNM) according to primary tumor location in T1 and T2 stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. METHODS The data of 1916 NSCLC patients with LNM who underwent surgery with systematic nodal resection between November 2008 to December 2014 were included in the study. Analyses of tumor location, pathological T stage, and nodal...

Primary anterior mediastinum undifferentiated high grade pleomorphic sarcoma is rare that most physician including thoracic surgeon would not experience this disease. Huge anterior mediastinum tumor pressed the heart and it invaded into the left pulmonary arterial trunk. We did the mediastinum tumor resection, left pneumonectomy and left phrenic, sympathetic and vagus nerve merger excision. But...

Thymoma is a common anterior mediastinal mass, although thymomas have occasionally been found in the neck, pulmonary hillus, or posterior mediastinum. But a thymoma within the middle mediastinum has rarely been reported. We report a thymoma arising in the middle mediastinum with a review of the literature.

Aim. The paper was aimed at determining the CCL2/MCP-1 level in patients with odontogenic infectious and inflammatory diseases of soft tissues maxillofacial area mediastinum. Methods. study involved 46 12 healthy volunteers. patients' plasma determined using a kit for specific ELISA. Results. findings studies showed statistically significant increase concentration all groups. Our shows phlegmon...

Primary malignant melanoma of the anterior mediastinum is extremely rare, accounting for 0.1-0.5% of all primary malignant neoplasms. These tumors may be mistakenly diagnosed as lymphomas, thymic carcinomas and malignant germ-cell tumors of the mediastinum. We describe two cases of primary malignant melanomas of the anterior mediastinum and report their CT and pathology findings.

Mature teratomas are the most common type of mediastinal germ cell tumors. They typically occur in young adults (15 to 35 years) and 95% of these teratomas occur in the anterior mediastinum. Herein, we report a case of a huge mediastinal teratoma in a 16-year-old boy who presented with a history of chest pain, cough, exertional dyspnea, and fever. Chest X-ray and spiral computed tomography (CT)...