Imaging the posterior mediastinum: a multimodality approach
The posterior mediastinum contains several structures that can produce a wide variety of pathologic conditions. Descending thoracic aorta, esophagus, azygos and hemiazygos veins, thoracic duct, lymph nodes, adipose tissue, and nerves are all located in this anatomical region and can produce diverse...
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| author | Mariaelena Occhipinti Benedikt H. Heidinger Elisa Franquet Ronald L Eisenberg Alexander A. Bankier |
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| description | The posterior mediastinum contains several structures that can produce a wide variety of pathologic conditions. Descending thoracic aorta, esophagus, azygos and hemiazygos veins, thoracic duct, lymph nodes, adipose tissue, and nerves are all located in this anatomical region and can produce diverse abnormalities. Although chest radiography may detect many of these pathologic conditions, computed tomography and magnetic resonance are the imaging modalities of choice for further defining the relationship of posterior mediastinal lesions to neighboring structures and showing specific imaging features that narrow the differential diagnosis. This review emphasizes modality-related answers to morphologic questions, which provide precise diagnostic information. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-910e7623c0ec448cb04d68fb2a7ae7cf2023-09-06T13:47:26ZengGalenos Publishing HouseDiagnostic and Interventional Radiology1305-38251305-36122015-07-0121429330610.5152/dir.2014.1446713049054Imaging the posterior mediastinum: a multimodality approachMariaelena Occhipinti0Benedikt H. Heidinger1Elisa Franquet2Ronald L Eisenberg3Alexander A. Bankier4 Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts The posterior mediastinum contains several structures that can produce a wide variety of pathologic conditions. Descending thoracic aorta, esophagus, azygos and hemiazygos veins, thoracic duct, lymph nodes, adipose tissue, and nerves are all located in this anatomical region and can produce diverse abnormalities. Although chest radiography may detect many of these pathologic conditions, computed tomography and magnetic resonance are the imaging modalities of choice for further defining the relationship of posterior mediastinal lesions to neighboring structures and showing specific imaging features that narrow the differential diagnosis. This review emphasizes modality-related answers to morphologic questions, which provide precise diagnostic information. http://www.dirjournal.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/maging-the-posterior-mediastinum-a-multimodality-a/55740 |
| spellingShingle | Mariaelena Occhipinti Benedikt H. Heidinger Elisa Franquet Ronald L Eisenberg Alexander A. Bankier Imaging the posterior mediastinum: a multimodality approach Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology |
| title | Imaging the posterior mediastinum: a multimodality approach |
| title_full | Imaging the posterior mediastinum: a multimodality approach |
| title_fullStr | Imaging the posterior mediastinum: a multimodality approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Imaging the posterior mediastinum: a multimodality approach |
| title_short | Imaging the posterior mediastinum: a multimodality approach |
| title_sort | imaging the posterior mediastinum a multimodality approach |
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