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Jones J, Foley R, Bell D, et al. Mediastinal mass. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 08 Feb 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-14546
Mediastinal masses may be caused by a wide variety of neoplastic and non-neoplastic pathologies. It is helpful to identify the location of the mass since this significantly reduces the breadth of the differential diagnosis.
There are four conceptual compartments of the mediastinum which are dictated by their relationships to the thoracic plane and pericardium:
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