title: Embryology and surgical anatomy of the mediastinum with clinical implications.
abstract: This article discusses general mediastinal embryology, and provides anatomy and algorithms for the investigation of mediastinal masses. The superior, anterior, middle, and posterior mediastina also are detailed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Ronson
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*