| 21. | EUS has the highest yield in the posterior inferior mediastinum, and EBUS is strongest for the superior anterior mediastinum.
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| 22. | EUS has the highest yield in the posterior inferior mediastinum, and EBUS is strongest for the superior anterior mediastinum.
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| 23. | The mediastinal pleura attaches to the other organs in the mediastinum and forms the separating lateral wall.
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| 24. | Mediastinitis is inflammation of the tissues in the mediastinum, usually bacterial and due to rupture of organs in the mediastinum.
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| 25. | Mediastinitis is inflammation of the tissues in the mediastinum, usually bacterial and due to rupture of organs in the mediastinum.
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| 26. | There are many diseases that can present with a widened mediastinum ( usually found via a chest x-ray ).
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| 27. | If the duct is disrupted posteriorly, the secretions leak through the retroperitoneum into the mediastinum via the aortic or esophageal hiatus.
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| 28. | On X-rays, the inflammation and widening of the mediastinum appear as a white swath down the middle of the chest.
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| 29. | Germ cell tumors are generally located in the gonads but can also appear in the abdomen, pelvis, mediastinum, or brain.
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| 30. | Because serious infections of teeth can spread down this space into the posterior mediastinum, it is often confused with the danger space.
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