THE DIAGNOSIS AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEDIASTINAL MASSES. 1. A STUDY OF 782 CASES
Authors: Harold A. Lyons, George L. Calvy, Billy P. Sammons
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Article1 November 1959THE DIAGNOSIS AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEDIASTINAL MASSES. 1. A STUDY OF 782 CASESHAROLD A. LYONS, F.A.C.P., GEORGE L. CALVY, F.A.C.P., BILLY P. SAMMONS, M.D.HAROLD A. LYONS, F.A.C.P., GEORGE L. CALVY, F.A.C.P., BILLY P. SAMMONS, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-51-5-897 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe problem posed by the discovery of a mediastinal mass is becoming of more frequent concern to the physician. Widespread employment of the routine chest roentgenogram in various surveys and in the military service has increased the number of mediastinal masses discovered during asymptomatic stages, and has shown them to be more frequent than the literature indicates. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication May 12, 1958.Presented in part as a Morning Lecture at the Thirty-ninth Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, Atlantic City, New Jersey, May 2, 1958.From the Department of Medicine, State University of New York, College of Medicine, Downstate Medical Center, and the Departments of Medicine and Radiology and Medicine, U. S. Naval Hospital, St. Albans, N. Y., and the Second Pulmonary Disease Division, Kings County Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, N. Y.The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Navy Department.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Harold A. Lyons, M.D., Professor of Medicine, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn 3, N. Y. 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