"Mediastinum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A membrane in the midline of the THORAX of mammals. It separates the lungs between the STERNUM in front and the VERTEBRAL COLUMN behind. It also surrounds the HEART, TRACHEA, ESOPHAGUS, THYMUS, and LYMPH NODES.
Descriptor ID |
D008482
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MeSH Number(s) |
A01.923.761.800.500
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2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mediastinum" by people in Profiles.
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Jain S, Gupta A, Nagalla S. A Mediastinal Mass in a Young Man. JAMA. 2018 06 19; 319(23):2432-2433.
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Bhalla V, Schrepfer T, McCann A, Nicklaus P, Reading B. Spontaneous retropharyngeal and mediastinal thoracic duct cyst in an infant with respiratory distress. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2018 Feb; 105:33-35.
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Nooromid MJ, Bharat A. Posterior Mediastinal Cyst. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Jan; 103(1):e83.
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Yachoui R, Ward C, Kreidy M. A rheumatoid nodule in an unusual location: mediastinal lymph node. BMJ Case Rep. 2013 May 02; 2013.
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Copeland KA, Hosmane VR, Jurkovitz C, Kolm P, Bowen J, DiSabatino A, Banbury MK, Strasser JF, Weintraub WS, Doorey AJ. Frequency of severe valvular disease caused by mediastinal radiation among patients undergoing valve surgery in a community-based, regional academic medical center. Clin Cardiol. 2013 Apr; 36(4):217-21.
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Vest MT, Tanoue L, Soulos PR, Kim AW, Detterbeck F, Morgensztern D, Gross CP. Thoroughness of mediastinal staging in stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2012 Jan; 7(1):188-95.
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Galper SL, Yu JB, Mauch PM, Strasser JF, Silver B, Lacasce A, Marcus KJ, Stevenson MA, Chen MH, Ng AK. Clinically significant cardiac disease in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma treated with mediastinal irradiation. Blood. 2011 Jan 13; 117(2):412-8.
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Shah UK, Nicholas B, Hurd J, Nesargi S, Corao-Uribe D. Case report: Langerhans cell histiocytosis presenting as massive cervical adenopathy and retropharyngeal thickening: importance of chest radiography and coordinated airway and anesthetic management. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2010 Feb; 26(2):139-42.
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Guttman OT, Hammer A, Korsharskyy B. Spinal cord stimulation as a novel approach to the treatment of refractory neuropathic mediastinal pain. Pain Pract. 2009 Jul-Aug; 9(4):308-11.
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Sevilla DW, Choi JK, Gong JZ. Mediastinal adenopathy, lung infiltrates, and hemophagocytosis: unusual manifestation of pediatric anaplastic large cell lymphoma: report of two cases. Am J Clin Pathol. 2007 Mar; 127(3):458-64.