The Mediastinal Mass A Multidisciplinary Approach /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Franco, Renato (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Zito Marino, Federica (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Giordano, Antonio (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Current Clinical Pathology,
• Subjects: Pathology.; Oncology .; Thoracic surgery.; Oncology.; Thoracic Surgery.

This book discusses the main approaches for mediastinal mass diagnosis and treatment, whose different aspects have been thoroughly treated by a multidisciplinary team of experts from different clinical fields. The complex anatomy of the mediastinum, as well as the different clinical, radiographic an...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Epidemiology, Mediastinal Anatomy, Mediastinal Masses
• Clinical Approach: Recommendations for the Clinicians
• Mediastinal Masses: Radiological Point of View
• Radiotherapy in Anterior Mediastinum Cancers
• Surgery: Reccomandations for Surgeons
• Diagnostic Histopathology Approach
• Thymic Tumors and Lymphomas: The Clinical Impact of their Underlying Molecular Features
• Therapy: Recommendations for the Oncologists
• Thymic Neoplasm
• Primitive Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumors: An Update
• Thyroid
• Parathyroid
• Mediastinal Lymphoma
• Granulomatous Disease
• Cysts of The Middle Mediastinum
• Tracheal Tumors
• Nerve Sheath Tumors, Ganglion Tumours and Neurenteric Cysts
• Esophageal Tumors.