Embryology and surgical anatomy of the mediastinum with clinical implications.
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.
Ronson
R S
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Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Duarte
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Miller
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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*