The possibilities of sonography in mediastinal tumors
V Kazakevich, L Mitina · Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound · 2008 · Heft 05
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Aim: Mediastinal tumors are not an easy situation for exact diagnostics. The aim of the investigation was to determine the possibilities of sonography in diagnosis of mediastinal tumors. Material and methods: Thorax sonography, as a part of clinical complex examination, was performed in 474 patients with mediastinal tumors and tumor-like formations (Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin\'s lymphoma, thymoma, thoracic goiter, coelomic cyst abdominomediastinal lipoma, teratoma and teratoblastoma, bronchogenic and enterogenic cyst, neurinoma and other kinds of tumors). Period of investigation was fifteen years. Operations…