The heart is a hollow, muscular organ about the size of a closed fist. Located between the lungs in the mediastinum, it’s about 12.5 cm (5”) long and 9 cm (3½”) in diameter at its widest point. It ...

Cellular proliferation and tumor suppression pathways as potential targets in clinically aggressive sarcomas.

TERATOID tumors originating in the anterior mediastinum are well known. In our experience they constitute the commonest tumor at this site. The majority are cystic and benign. 1 Morphologically ...

Pneumomediastinum is when air is present in the mediastinum. This is the space between the lungs and surrounding the heart. Air may enter from a leakage in a lung, the esophagus, or airways.

Sarcomas of the posterior mediastinum are rare and correspond mostly to neurogenic tumors. We studied 18 cases of liposarcoma presenting in the posterior mediastinum; because of their unusual ...

Twenty-two patients were treated due to tumours of the posterior mediastinum from 2003 to 2012. The size of the tumours ranged from 2 cm to 25 cm. Tumours up to the size of 6 cm were treated using ...

To evaluate the role of postchemotherapy surgery in patients with nonseminomatous germ cell tumors arising from the anterior mediastinum. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Thirty-two patients with nonseminoma ...