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The 103th Annual Meeting of American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) is going to be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA, from May 6 to 9, 2023: https://events.aats.org/am23.

This time, MED as well as its sister journals and books published by AME Publishing Company will be on display during this exciting academic event! We would like to seize this great opportunity to meet our authors, editorial board members and readers.

Traumatic Injuries of the Mediastinum

The series on “Traumatic Injuries of the Mediastinum” was edited by Dr. Simon R. Turner, MD, MEd, FRCSC, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. The series has covered a wide rang of traumatic injuries of the mediastinum in diverse sites.

New treatments and novel insights of thymic epithelial tumors and mediastinal germ cell tumors (Ongoing)

The series on “New treatments and novel insights of thymic epithelial tumors and mediastinal germ cell tumors” is edited by Drs Margaret Ottaviano & Giovannella Palmieri, Rare Tumors Reference Center, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.

Mediastinum is now a member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

Starting from July 2021, AME Publishing Company is formally recognized a publisher member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and over 60 AME-published journals become a member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), as part of AME’s commitment to best practice in scholarly publishing. Mediastinum is among the list of COPE membership.

Mediastinum is accepted for indexing in PubMed

We are happy to announce that Mediastinum has been accepted for indexing in PubMed/PubMed Central (PMC), a free digital archive database of full-text journal literature in biomedical and life sciences. All articles published since 2019 will be fully indexed in PMC and accessible via PubMed, a search engine/database of biomedical citations and abstracts.

Mediastinal Pathology (Ongoing)

This special series on “Mediastinal Pathology” is edited by Dr. Cesar A. Moran. This series aims to provide insight and overviews on the pathology of various types of mediastinal tumors and different techniques used.

Meet the Professor

The "Meet the Professor" series features interviews with the global Key Opinion Leaders. Recently, International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group (ITMIG) has launched the initiative: May – Thymic Malignancy Awareness Month with a series of events including the interviews with mediastinal disease experts released on the journal Mediastinum. Prof. Conrad Falkson, Prof. Paul Van Schil, Prof. Ritsuko Komaki, and Prof. Meinoshin Okumura as prominent experts in the field of thymic diseases, was invited for the interview.

Management of Airway and Vascular Invasion in the Mediastinum (Ongoing)

This special series on “Management of Airway and Vascular Invasion in the Mediastinum” is edited by Dr. Roberto F. Casal and Dr. Bruce Sabath. This series covers various management strategies for airway and vascular invasion in the Mediastinum and includes the perspectives of experts from different subspecialties (interventional pulmonologist, gastroenterologist, bronchoscopist, and anesthesiologist).

Mediastinal Cysts (Ongoing)

The series on “Mediastinal Cysts” is edited by Dr. Nestor Villamizar (University of Miami, USA). This series will discuss the diagnosis and surgical management of mediastinal cysts and provide reviews on various types of the mediastinal cysts, including pericardial cyst, thymic cyst, esophageal duplication cyst, and bronchogenic cyst.

The Series Dedicated to the 11th International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group Annual Meeting (Virtual ITMIG 2021)

The Series Dedicated to the 11th International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group Annual Meeting (Virtual ITMIG 2021) was edited by Drs Malgorzata Szolkowska (The National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, Poland), Mirella Marino (Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Italy), Katarzyna Blasinska (National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, Poland), Magdalena Knetki-Wroblewska (Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Poland), Giuseppe Cardillo (Azienda Ospedaliera S. Camillo Forlanini, Italy).

Changes in Management of Mediastinal Tumours Following the Surge of COVID-19 Pandemic

This series on “Changes in Management of Mediastinal Tumours Following the Surge of COVID-19 Pandemic” was edited by Dr. Giuseppe Banna, MD, Department of Medical Oncology, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK and Dr. Alfredo Addeo, MD, Oncology Department, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

Mediastinum Annual Report 2022

We are pleased to present the 2022 Annual Report of Mediastinum. Mediastinum has formed an internationalized editorial board of 75 members from 16 countries, published 40 articles of authors from 15 countries. Besides, it has attracted internationally diverse readers from 167 countries/regions with stably increasing website pageviews up to 74,984 in 2022. The journal also features special series exploring trending topics, as well as the Chinese Edition that enhances the links between Chinese scientists and the international medical community.

Management of Giant Mediastinal Tumors (Ongoing)

The series on “Management of Giant Mediastinal Tumors” is edited by Dr. Ryuichi Waseda (Fukuoka University, Japan) and Pietro Bertoglio (IRCCS Bologna University Hospital , Italy). This series will cover the pathological, oncological, radiological, anesthesiological, and surgical management of Giant Mediastinal Tumors.

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Extended Abstract

Surgical options for treatment of metastatic pleural disease: extended abstract

Meinoshin Okumura

Mediastinum

2023;

(25 March 2023)

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Extended Abstract

Advances in thoracic surgery for thymic tumors: extended abstract

Jens C. Rückert, Luyu Huang

Mediastinum

2023;

(25 March 2023)

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Editorial Commentary

Multidisciplinary approach for rare thoracic tumors during COVID-19 pandemic

Erica Pietroluongo, Pietro De Placido, Fernanda Picozzi, Rocco Morra, Marianna Tortora, Vitantonio Del Deo, Liliana Montella, Giovannella Palmieri, Antonio Riccardo Buonomo, Sabino De Placido, Ivan Gentile, Mario Giuliano

Mediastinum

2023;

(25 March 2023)

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Editorial Commentary

The European Reference Network: the keystone for the management of rare thoracic cancers

Rocco Morra, Antonio D’Ambrosio, Erica Pietroluongo, Pietro De Placido, Liliana Montella, Vitoantonio Del Deo, Marianna Tortora, Sabino De Placido, Giovannella Palmieri, Mario Giuliano

Mediastinum

2023;

(25 March 2023)

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Case Report

Extensive fibrosis in mediastinal seminoma is a diagnostic pitfall in small biopsies: two case reports

Anthony R. Liccardi, Kristen Thomas, Navneet Narula, Lea Azour, Andre L. Moreira, Fang Zhou

Mediastinum

2023;

(25 March 2023)

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Case Report

Good’s syndrome and COVID-19: case report and literature review

Lawek Berzenji, Suresh Krishan Yogeswaran, Annemiek Snoeckx, Paul E. Van Schil, Reinier Wener, Jeroen M. H. Hendriks

Mediastinum

2023;

(25 March 2023)

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Case Report

Pyopericardium and extensive mediastinal abscess following EBUS-TBNA for mediastinal staging of NSCLC: a case report

Marc Hartert, Michael Wolf, Martin Huertgen

Mediastinum

2023;

(25 March 2023)

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Review Article

Imaging modalities (MRI, CT, PET/CT), indications, differential diagnosis and imaging characteristics of cystic mediastinal masses: a review

Amar Shah, Carlos A. Rojas

Mediastinum

2023;

(25 March 2023)

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Review Article

The anesthetic management and the role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for giant mediastinal tumor surgery

Pietro Bertini, Alberto Marabotti

Mediastinum

2023;

(25 March 2023)

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Review Article

Esophageal duplication cysts: a clinical practice review

Jessica E. Wahi, Fernando M. Safdie

Mediastinum

2023;

(25 March 2023)

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Abstract

AB014. Effective somatostatin analogs in a case of advanced thymoma with no uptake in the octreotide scan

Xabier Mielgo-Rubio, Susana Hernando Polo, Elisabeth Jiménez Aguilar, Clara Olier Garate, Alicia Hurtado Nuño, Diana Moreno Muñoz, Maria Virginia Sánchez Becerra, Andrea María González López, Mónica Esteban García, Teresa Robles Bermejo, Manuel Barón, Florentino Hernando Trancho, Jose Ramón Jarabo, Juan Carlos Cámara Vicario

Mediastinum

2022;

(30 December 2022)

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Abstract

AB013. Treatment of thymic oligometastastic or oligoprogressive lesions with hypofractionated radiation therapy or stereotactic body radiation therapy

Christopher B. Jackson, Andreas Rimner, Charles B. Simone II, Emily S. Lebow, James Huang, Stephanie M. Lobaugh, Zhigang Zhang, Gregory J. Riely, Michelle S. Ginsberg, Andrew M. Pagano, Jason C. Chang, Maria Mayoral, Daniel G. Gomez, Annemarie F. Shepherd

Mediastinum

2022;

(30 December 2022)

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Abstract

AB012. Automated histologic subtyping of thymic epithelial tumors with deep learning

James M. Dolezal, Wenji Guo, Christine Bestvina, Everett Vokes, Jessica Donington, Aliya Husain, Marina Chiara Garassino

Mediastinum

2022;

(30 December 2022)

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Abstract

AB011. Thymoma in patient receiving tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) treatment: morphological aspects and surgical approach

Margherita Cattaneo, Lorenzo Rosso, Ilaria Righi, Giorgio A. Croci, Paolo Mendogni

Mediastinum

2022;

(30 December 2022)

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Abstract

AB010. Clinical significance of serum Cyfra 21-1 as a marker in thymic epithelial tumors

Xiuxiu Hao, Xuefei Zhang, Wentao Fang

Mediastinum

2022;

(30 December 2022)

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Abstract

AB009. Lessons learned from non-therapeutic thymectomies

Michelle Chua, Emma Cole, Ben Dunne, Phillip Antippa, Jeffrey Lai, Mark W. McCusker

Mediastinum

2022;

(30 December 2022)

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Abstract

AB008. Activated pathways of Thymic Epithelial Tumors: a RYTHMIC study

Jose Carlos Benitez, Bastien Job, Vincent Thomas de Montpréville, Juan-David Florez-Arango, Ludovic Lacroix, Patrick Saulnier, Riad Arana, Olivier Lambotte, Sacha Mussot, Olaf Mercier, Elie Fadel, Jean-Yves Scoazec, Thierry Molina, Nicolas Girard, Benjamin Besse

Mediastinum

2022;

(30 December 2022)

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Abstract

AB007. Expression of trophoblastic antigen 2 (Trop2) in thymic epithelial tumors

Vincent Yeung, Jacob Zaemes, Justin Yeh, Cardoza Giancarlo, Jaeil Ahn, Joshua Reuss, Bhaskar V. Kallakury, Stephen V. Liu, Anju Duttargi, Galam Khan, Chul Kim

Mediastinum

2022;

(30 December 2022)

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Abstract

AB006. Effectiveness of chemotherapy as the first-line treatment for thymic tumors with pleural dissemination

Xuefei Zhang, Lanting Gao, Xiuxiu Hao, Fenghao Yu, Zhitao Gu, Wentao Fang

Mediastinum

2022;

(30 December 2022)

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Abstract

AB005. Thymic carcinoma arising in a multilocular thymic cyst that previously went through complete remission after antibiotics treatment

Fenghao Yu, Ning Xu, Xuefei Zhang, Xiuxiu Hao, Zhitao Gu, Wentao Fang

Mediastinum

2022;

(30 December 2022)

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Original Article

Intralesional microbleeding in resected thymic cysts indeterminate on imaging

Julian A. Villalba, Adina Haramati, Michelle Garlin, Fabiola Reyes, Cameron D. Wright, Abner Louissaint Jr, Jeanne B. Ackman

Published online: 20 March 2023

Editorial

A quest for evidence supporting operative intervention for cystic lesions in the mediastinum

Nestor Villamizar

Published online: 10 March 2023

Review Article

The evolution of anesthesia management of patients with anterior mediastinal mass

Mona Sarkiss, Carlos A. Jimenez

Published online: 06 March 2023

Review Article

Penetrating cardiac injury: a narrative review

Larry R. Hromalik Jr, Matthew J. Wall Jr, Kenneth L. Mattox, Peter I. Tsai

Published online: 22 February 2023

Editorial Commentary

Postoperative complications of mediastinal cyst resection and their management

Hana Ajouz, Nestor Villamizar

Published online: 20 February 2023

Review Article

Review of the clinical outcomes of therapeutic bronchoscopy for central airway obstruction

An Thi Nhat Ho, Archan Shah, Ala Eddin S. Sagar

Published online: 01 February 2023

Original Article

Asymptomatic lipofibroadenoma in a 17-year-old male: a case report and literature review of a rare entity

Michael A. den Bakker, Marijn A. Vermeulen, Cornelis P. van de Ven, Simone A. J. ter Horst, Lennart Kester, Ronald R. de Krijger

Published online: 16 December 2022

Editorial

Uncommon efforts for an uncommon tumor: the case for development of newer systemic therapies for advanced thymic epithelial tumors

Mohammed Amine Achhal El Kadmiri, Arun Rajan

Journal highlight more

Mediastinum is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal publishing papers on all benign, malignant, and metastatic diseases related to or affecting the mediastinum, such as thymic epithelial tumors, lymphomas, germ cell or neurogenic tumors and metastasis diseases including lung cancer and esophageal cancer.