Both the endoscope and insufflation of air can extend the perforation and introduce air into the mediastinum.
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A transverse section of the thorax, showing the contents of the middle and the posterior mediastinum.
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From here, the air tracks to the hilum of the lung and then to the mediastinum.
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A nasogastric tube is left " in situ ", and the mediastinum is closed.
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Other common locations include the adrenal gland, paraspinal retroperitoneum, posterior mediastinum, head, and neck.
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Some cases of seminoma can present as a primary tumour outside the testis, most commonly in the mediastinum.
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A scope ( mediastinoscope ) is then advanced into the created tunnel which provides a view of the mediastinum.
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Castleman undertook clinicopathologic investigations of parathyroid disease and wrote several important papers on diseases of the thymus and mediastinum.
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Inhalation anthrax causes bleeding and swollen lymph nodes in an area behind and between the lungs known as the mediastinum.
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In the mediastinum, the lung cancer tends at first to stay on the side where the original tumor started.
