This patient has a well circumscribed mass in the posterior mediastinum. The valve of the lateral view is well depicted in this case; on the frontal radiograph there is no way to localize the lesion. The differential diagnosis for a posterior mediastinal mass...
This patient has a large mass in the middle mediastinum. The differential diagnosis for such a mass includes: lymphoma or other lymphadenopathy lung cancer aortic aneurysm or other vascular abnormality abscess hematoma esophageal carcinoma, esophageal duplication cyst...
PA and lateral chest radiographs of a hiatal hernia. Left: PA chest view demonstrates a retrocardiac lucency with well defined lateral margins. Right: Lateral radiograph shows a large hiatal hernia in the middle mediastinum. Hiatal hernia is the most common...
Radiologists divide the mediastinum into 3 compartments. The most popular classification is Felson’s division of the thorax into the following 3 compartments: Anterior: Everything from the sternum to the posterior aspect of the heart and great vessels. Middle: The...
There is a large mass in this patient’s anterior mediastinum. The differential diagnosis for such a mass includes: lymphomA lung cancer aortic aneurysm or other vascular abnormality abscess hematoma teratoma, thyroid, parathyroid or thymic neoplasm thymic or...
