anterior mediastinum

They can present in the anterior mediastinum.

Ninety percent of thymomas and thymic carcinomas occur in the anterior mediastinum.

The anterior mediastinum exists only on the left side where the left pleura diverges from the mid-sternal line.

These neoplasms are usually located in the anterior mediastinum and are usually discovered during a routine chest x-ray.

Anterior mediastinum: Substernal thyroid goiters, lymphoma, thymoma and teratoma.

The Four T's" is a medical term referring to the most common findings when a radiological mass is detected in the anterior mediastinum:

The mediastinum has three main parts: the anterior mediastinum (front), the middle mediastinum, and the posterior mediastinum (back).

(3,4) Thymomas are diagnosed with CT or MRI revealing a mass in anterior mediastinum.

Median sternotomy provides wide access to the mediastinum and is the incision of choice for most open-heart surgery and access to the anterior mediastinum.

EUS has the highest yield in the posterior inferior mediastinum, and EBUS is strongest for the superior anterior mediastinum.

The most common mediastinal masses are neurogenic tumors (20% of mediastinal tumors), usually found in the posterior mediastinum, followed by thymoma (15-20%) located in the anterior mediastinum.

This device cannot be "over deployed," to penetrate the target bone (manubrium) and enter the anterior mediastinum; other devices that are hand drilled, or mechanically drilled have been confirmed as having done this in several post-mortem radiologic examinations.

Common complications due to CPR include rib fractures, sternal fractures, bleeding in the anterior mediastinum, heart contusion, hemopericardium, upper airway complications, damage to the abdominal viscus - lacerations of the liver and spleen, fat emboli, pulmonary complications - pneumothorax, hemothorax, lung contusions.