"Mediastinum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A membrane in the midline of the THORAX of mammals. It separates the lungs between the STERNUM in front and the VERTEBRAL COLUMN behind. It also surrounds the HEART, TRACHEA, ESOPHAGUS, THYMUS, and LYMPH NODES.
| Descriptor ID |
D008482
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A01.923.761.800.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mediastinum" by people in Profiles.
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Mediastinal Staging for Lung Cancer. Chest. 2021 10; 160(4):1552-1559.
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#EBUSTwitter: Novel Use of Social Media for Conception, Coordination, and Completion of an International, Multicenter Pathology Study. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2020 07 01; 144(7):878-882.
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Late-Onset Vitamin K Deficiency Presenting as Scrotal Bruising and Mediastinal Mass. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2019 Oct; 35(10):e192-e193.
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Commentary: Invasive mediastinal staging for lung cancer-Quality gap, evidence gap, both? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 10; 158(4):1232-1233.
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Displaced Cartilage Within Lymph Node Parenchyma Is a Novel Biopsy Site Change in Resected Mediastinal Lymph Nodes Following EBUS-TBNA. Am J Surg Pathol. 2019 04; 43(4):497-503.
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Invasive Mediastinal Staging in Lung Cancer. Use a Prediction Model or Just Do It? Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 06 15; 195(12):1556-1558.
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Convex probe endobronchial ultrasound. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Dec; 35(6):636-44.
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Pathologic staging of the mediastinum: when and how? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Oct; 148(4):1177-8.
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Outcome of patients with negative and unsatisfactory cytologic specimens obtained by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial fine-needle aspiration of mediastinal lymph nodes. Cancer Cytopathol. 2015 Feb; 123(2):92-7.
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Physician preferences for management of patients with stage IIIA NSCLC: impact of bulk of nodal disease on therapy selection. J Thorac Oncol. 2012 Feb; 7(2):365-9.