Superior Vena Cava Syndrome: Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Treatment P. Michael McFadden The superior vena cava and its important intrathoracic venous tributaries are located in a tight compartment within the…
Lesions Masquerading as Primary Mediastinal Tumors or Cysts Thomas W. Shields The most common cause of a mediastinal enlargement is metastatic disease in the lymph nodes of the visceral and,…
Primary Mediastinal Tumors and Cysts and Diagnostic Investigation of Mediastinal Masses James M. Donahue Francis C. Nichols Mediastinal masses are relatively uncommon and continue to be an interesting diagnostic and…
Acute and Chronic Mediastinal Infections Michael J. Liptay Anthony W. Kim Mediastinal infections are also known as mediastinitis. Acute mediastinitis is usually secondary to infections following operations requiring sternotomy or…
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Diseases Within the Mediastinum Alberto de Hoyos Improved minimally invasive instrumentation and refinements in surgical techniques have allowed for increasing applications of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)…
Primary Pneumomediastinum Matthew G. Blum Alberto de Hoyos Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is air dissection into the mediastinum not caused by infection, external trauma, or perforated viscus. It most commonly occurs in…
Sternotomy and Thoracotomy for Mediastinal Disease Joseph LoCicero III Mediastinoscopy and mediastinotomy are excellent incisions for diagnostic evaluation of the mediastinum. For tumor removal, larger incisions must be used. The…
Transcervical Mediastinal Lymph Node Sampling and Lymphadenectomy Richard S. Lazzaro Joseph LoCicero III Mediastinal Evaluation Lung cancer remains the most common cause of cancer death in the United States. Accurate…
Mediastinal Tumor Markers Philip G. Robinson This chapter discusses the tumor markers, particularly the serum markers, of mediastinal tumors. Mediastinal tumors are a diverse group of tumors that share an…
Radionuclide Studies of the Mediastinum William G. Spies Until recently, the role of radionuclide imaging in the chest was primarily related to evaluation of disorders of the heart and lungs,…
