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| [[Mediastinum]], generally || 10 mm<ref name=Torabi2004/><ref name=Saba2016>[https://books.google.com/books?id=q7v1CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA432 Page 432] in: {{cite book|title=Image Principles, Neck, and the Brain|author=Luca Saba|publisher=CRC Press|year=2016|isbn=9781482216202}}</ref>
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| Mediastinum, generally || 10 mm<ref name=Torabi2004>{{cite journal | vauthors = Torabi M, Aquino SL, Harisinghani MG | title = Current concepts in lymph node imaging | journal = Journal of Nuclear Medicine : Official Publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine | volume = 45 | issue = 9 | pages = 1509–18 | date = September 2004 | pmid = 15347718 }}</ref><ref name=Saba2016>[https://books.google.com/books?id=q7v1CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA432 Page 432] in: {{cite book|title=Image Principles, Neck, and the Brain|author=Luca Saba|publisher=CRC Press|year=2016|isbn=9781482216202}}</ref>
 
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| Superior mediastinum and high paratracheal || 7mm<ref name="SharmaFidias2004"/>
 
| Superior mediastinum and high paratracheal || 7mm<ref name="SharmaFidias2004"/>

Revision as of 12:55, 29 June 2018

Author: Mikael Häggström [notes 1]

Normal anatomy

High-resolution computed tomographs of a normal thorax, taken in the axial, coronal and sagittal planes, respectively.

Diseases

Lymphadenopathy

Definition by size
Mediastinum, generally 10 mm[1][2]
Superior mediastinum and high paratracheal 7mm[3]
Low paratracheal and subcarinal 11 mm[3]

References

  1. "Current concepts in lymph node imaging ". Journal of Nuclear Medicine : Official Publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 45 (9): 1509–18. September 2004. PMID 15347718. 
  2. Page 432 in: Luca Saba (2016). Image Principles, Neck, and the Brain . CRC Press. ISBN 9781482216202. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Sharma, Amita; Fidias, Panos; Hayman, L. Anne; Loomis, Susanne L.; Taber, Katherine H.; Aquino, Suzanne L. (2004). "Patterns of Lymphadenopathy in Thoracic Malignancies ". RadioGraphics 24 (2): 419–434. doi:10.1148/rg.242035075. ISSN 0271-5333. 


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