A widened mediastinum measures greater than 6 cm on an upright chest x-ray. Widened mediastinum can be indicative of an aortic aneurysm, esophageal rupture, cardiac tamponade or a pericardial effusion.
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A patient was admitted to the hospital suffering from the following symptoms for the last 5 days fever malaise fatigue and nonproductive cough. Chest x-rays reveal a widened mediastinum and the patien?
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When I saw the widened mediastinum on the chest x-ray, I knew lymphoma was a possibility. After initial chemotherapy, she started to prepare for a bone marrow transplant to help fight her lymphoma.
The mediastinum is located in the subdivision of the ventral body cavity known as the thoracic cavity. It is situated between the two pleural cavities and contains vital structures such as the heart, major blood vessels, esophagus, and trachea.
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Yes, the mediastinum is a partition in the thoracic cavity that separates the lungs into right and left cavities. It does not divide the ventral body cavity. The ventral body cavity is divided by the diaphragm into the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities.
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The space between the 2 lungs is called the Mediastinum where the heart is located
The mediastinum(media- middle; -stinum partition), a central areawithin the thoracic cavity, extends from the neck to thediaphragm and from the sternum to the vertebral column.The organs located in the mediastinum are the heart,thymus gland, esophagus, trachea and bronchi. The pleuralcavities are located on either side of the mediastinum.
The lungs are directly lateral to the mediastinum.