Pathology of Pleura, Mediastinum and Diaphragm

Pleura, Mediastinum and Diaphragm Pathology | Internal Medicine

How it begins

Referencia clínica exhaustiva sobre las enfermedades de la cavidad pleural, el compartimento mediastínico y el músculo diafragmático. Integra anatomía funcional, fisiopatología del derrame y neumotórax, diagnóstico del empiema y el mesotelioma, clasificación y manejo de masas mediastínicas, mediastinitis, síndrome de vena cava superior, hernias diafragmáticas y parálisis frénica.

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 Spill
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