TY - JOUR
T1 - A modern definition of mediastinal compartments
AU - Carter, Brett W.
AU - Tomiyama, Noriyuki
AU - Bhora, Faiz Y.
AU - De Christenson, Melissa L.Rosado
AU - Nakajima, Jun
AU - Boiselle, Phillip M.
AU - Detterbeck, Frank C.
AU - Marom, Edith M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.
PY - 2014/9
Y1 - 2014/9
N2 - Division of the mediastinum into compartments is used to help narrow the differential diagnosis of newly detected mediastinal masses, to assist in planning biopsy and surgical procedures, and to facilitate communication among clinicians of multiple disciplines. Several traditional mediastinal division schemes exist based upon arbitrary landmarks on the lateral chest radiograph. We describe a modern, computed tomography-based mediastinal division scheme, which has been accepted by the International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group as a new standard. This clinical classification defines a prevascular (anterior), a visceral (middle), and a paravertebral (posterior) compartment, with anatomic boundaries defined clearly by computed tomography. It is our intention that this definition be used in the reporting of clinical cases and the design of prospective clinical trials.
AB - Division of the mediastinum into compartments is used to help narrow the differential diagnosis of newly detected mediastinal masses, to assist in planning biopsy and surgical procedures, and to facilitate communication among clinicians of multiple disciplines. Several traditional mediastinal division schemes exist based upon arbitrary landmarks on the lateral chest radiograph. We describe a modern, computed tomography-based mediastinal division scheme, which has been accepted by the International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group as a new standard. This clinical classification defines a prevascular (anterior), a visceral (middle), and a paravertebral (posterior) compartment, with anatomic boundaries defined clearly by computed tomography. It is our intention that this definition be used in the reporting of clinical cases and the design of prospective clinical trials.
KW - CT
KW - Compartments
KW - Mediastinum
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84964312666&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000292
DO - 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000292
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C2 - 25396318
AN - SCOPUS:84964312666
SN - 1556-0864
VL - 9
SP - S97-S101
JO - Journal of Thoracic Oncology
JF - Journal of Thoracic Oncology
IS - 9
ER -
