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Clinical Anatomy of the Pleural Cavity & Mediastinum

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<strong>Mediastinum</strong><br />

Anterior mediastinum<br />

– thymus, fat, lymphatics<br />

Posterior mediastinum<br />

– descending aorta, esophagus,<br />

azygos veins, autonomics, thoracic<br />

duct<br />

Middle mediastinum<br />

– heart, pericardium, aorta, trachea,<br />

main bronchi, lymph nodes<br />

Mediastinal lesions and<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir distribution in 102<br />

patients<br />

from Schwartz et al., 1999<br />

anatomical<br />

Divisions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Mediastinum</strong><br />

surgical

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