TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.Organization of the Mediastinum
2.Arteries and Blood Supply
3.Veins and Venous Drainage
4.Lymphatics
5.Nerves and Innervations
6.Practice Questions
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1.Lymph Nodes of the Mediastinum
●Superior phrenic
●Posterior intercostal
●Posterior mediastinal
●Parasternal
●Brachiocephalic
●Paratracheal
2.Thoracic Duct
●Location and path of the thoracic duct
3.Case Study
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Mediastinal Lymph Nodes
1.Inferior tracheobronchial
2.Superior tracheobronchial
3.Brachiocephalic
4.Paratracheal
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Thoracic Duct
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Clinical Application
●A patient presents to your clinic with the following
symptoms:
○Dyspnea
○Orthopnea
○Non-productive cough
●A CXR is ordered
○What is abnormal about this image?
○What is on your differential diagnosis?
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Clinical Application
●What is abnormal about this image?
●What is on your differential diagnosis?
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Clinical Application
●The patient had esophageal surgery two weeks ago
●You perform a thoracentesis and the fluid appears
milky
1.What is this fluid?
2.What was damaged to cause this to happen?
3.What is the treatment for this condition?
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Clinical Application
●The patient had esophageal surgery two weeks ago
●You perform a thoracentesis and the fluid appears
milky
1.What is this fluid?
2.What was damaged to cause this to happen?
3.What is the treatment for this condition?
References
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3.Slide 6: Stillwaterising, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
4.Slide 7: James Heilman, MD, CC BY-SA 4.0
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