Mediastinal and Pleural Disorders

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• Mediastinal Masses
  • Etiology
    • Adults
    • Children
    • Etiology references
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    • Treatment reference
  • Key Points

• Pleural Effusion
  • Etiology
    • Etiology references
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
    • Presence of effusion
    • Cause of effusion
    • Diagnosis references
  • Treatment
    • Parapneumonic effusion and empyema
    • Malignant pleural effusion
    • Treatment references
  • Key Points

• Pleural Fibrosis and Calcification
  • Postinflammatory
  • Asbestos-related

• Viral Pleuritis

• Pneumothorax
  • Etiology
  • Pathophysiology
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    • Treatment references
  • Complications
  • Prevention
    • Prevention references
  • Key Points

• Pneumomediastinum
  • Treatment

• Mediastinitis
  • Esophageal perforation
  • Median sternotomy
  • Chronic fibrosing mediastinitis
  • References