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Mediastinum

Known as: Mediastinal part of chest, mediastinal, mediastinal structure 
A group of organs surrounded by loose connective tissue, separating the two pleural sacs, between the sternum anteriorly and the vertebral column… 
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Narrower (10)

Anterior mediastinumInferior mediastinumLeft brachiocephalic veinLeft coronary artery structure
Benign Mediastinal Psammomatous SchwannomaBenign tumor of mediastinumClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologyInfectious Mediastinitis

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Body cavitiesThoracic cavity structure

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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Planning and delivering high doses to targets surrounding the spinal cord at the lower neck and upper mediastinal levels: static beam-segmentation technique executed with a multileaf collimator.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
CD7+, CD4-, CD8- acute leukemia: a syndrome of malignant pluripotent lymphohematopoietic cells.
Following our initial observation of in vivo conversion of CD7+, CD4-, CD8- acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cells from… 
Review
1988
Review
1988
Selective therapeutic approach to cancer of the lower esophagus and cardia.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Mediastinal large‐cell lymphoma of B‐type, with sclerosis: Histopathological and immunohistochemical study of eight cases
Eight cases of mediastinal non‐lymphoblastic large‐cell lymphoma have been studied by histopathological and immunohistochemical… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Blood conservation during myocardial revascularization.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Routine use of autotransfusion following cardiac surgery: experience in 700 patients.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Esophageal perforation secondary to alkaline battery ingestion.
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Isolation and characterization of lymphocyte plasma membranes.
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Histaminase activity: a biochemical marker for medullary carcinoma of the thyroid.
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS, MEDIASTINAL MASSES, AND SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION.
Extramedullary hematopoiesis presented as posterior mediastinal masses in two brothers with thalassemia intermedia. In one… 
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