The diagnosis strategy and research progress of mediastinal enlarged lymph node / 中华胸心血管外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Mediastinal tissue is a very common predilection site for both benign and malignant diseases .It is not only lo-cated at many different origins within human body but the anatomical structure of mediastinal tissue is often very complicated . In addition to its location and structure , mediastinal tissue lacks a cavity channel , which communicates with outside environ-ment.The combination of all these factors cause extreme difficulty in terms of diagnosis .Because of the distinct treatments for different diagnosis results, the efficiency of treatment largely relies on the completion of diagnosis in a timely fashion , any delay often cause severe results.