A mediastinoscopy is a surgical procedure that uses a narrow scope, called a mediastinoscope, inserted through your chest wall to examine the mediastinum, the area between your lungs. Lung cancer ...

A mediastinoscopy helps doctors look at the space behind your breastbone in the middle of your chest, between your lungs. Experts call this area your “mediastinum.” It holds your heart and its ...

It’s grown into the tissue between the lungs (mediastinum), heart, large blood vessels in or near the heart, trachea, esophagus, diaphragm, spine, or carina. There are at least two nodules in ...

The pleura now can be moved from the mediastinum. Once the upper portion of the lung is completely detached from the chest wall, the vessels entering the lung are exposed. On the left side, the ...

Pulmonary Pathology and Dermatopathology is a section that provides comprehensive lung, mediastinum and skin diagnostic services to UAB Hospital, Callahan Eye Hospital, Medical West, and O’Neill ...

Non-tracer-avid changes are noted in both lungs on CT. FDG-avid mediastinal lymph nodes (SUV max – 4.4) (yellow arrow) were also noted. The patient was given steroids and Pirfenidone for two months.