Pathology of Pleura, Mediastinum and Diaphragm

Pleura, Mediastinum and Diaphragm Pathology | Internal Medicine

How it begins

Comprehensive clinical reference on diseases of the pleural cavity, mediastinal compartment and diaphragmatic muscle. It integrates functional anatomy, pathophysiology of effusion and pneumothorax, diagnosis of empyema and mesothelioma, classification and management of mediastinal masses, mediastinitis, superior vena cava syndrome, diaphragmatic hernias and phrenic paralysis.

What it covers

1. Anatomy and Physiology of the Pleural Cavity
2. · Histological Structure and Vascularization
3. · Physiology of Pleural Fluid Exchange
4. Detailed Pathophysiology of Pleural Effusion
5. · Etiological Classification by Mechanism
6. · Functional Repercussions of the Effusion
7. Systematic Diagnosis of Pleural Effusion
8. · Clinical Evaluation and Imaging
9. Parapneumonic Effusion and Pleural Empyema
10. · Definition and Classification (Light)
11. · Microbiolology of Empyema and Antibiotherapy
12. Malignant Pleural Effusion and Chylothorax
13. · Malignant Pleural Effusion (MPE)
14. · Chylothorax
15. Pleural Effusions due to Specific Systemic Causes
16. Spontaneous and Traumatic Pneumothorax
17. · Definition and Classification
18. · Diagnosis of Pneumothorax
19. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
20. · Epidemiology, Histology and Staging
21. · Treatment of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
22. Pleural Fibrosis and Chronic Pleural Diseases
23. · Fibrosis and Pleural Thickening
24. Functional Anatomy and Classification of Mediastinal Masses
25. · Compartments of the Mediastinum
26. · Distribution of Mediastinal Masses by Compartment and Frequency
27. Anterior Mediastinal Masses: Thymoma, GCT, Lymphoma
28. · Thymoma
29. · Germ Cell Tumors (GCT) of the Mediastinum
30. · Mediastinal Lymphoma
31. Middle and Posterior Mediastinal Masses
32. · Mediastinal Cysts
33. · Neurogenic Tumors of the Posterior Mediastinum
34. · Intrathoracic Goiter and Mediastinal Vascular Pathology
35. Acute and Chronic Mediastinitis
36. · Acute Mediastinitis
37. · Chronic Fibrosing Mediastinitis (CFM)
38. Superior Vena Cava Syndrome (SVCS)
39. · Etiology and Pathophysiology
40. Pneumomediastinum and Mediastinal Complications
41. · Pneumomediastinum
42. · Iatrogenic Mediastinal and Pleural Complications
43. Functional Anatomy of the Diaphragm
44. · Diaphragm Structure and Holes
45. Diaphragmatic Paralysis and Eventration
46. · Diaphragmatic Palsy
47. · Diaphragmatic Eventration
48. Adult Diaphragmatic Hernias
49. · Hiatal Hernia
50. · Bochdalek and Morgagni Hernias in Adults
51. Invasive Diagnostic-Therapeutic Techniques
52. Integrative Diagnostic-Therapeutic Algorithms
53. · Pleural Effusion Diagnostic Algorithm
54. · Mediastinal Mass Algorithm
55. · Integrative Clinical Pearls