Mediastinal shift
Classification according to ICD-10 | |
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J98.5 | Mediastinal Diseases, Not Elsewhere Classified - Mediastinal Dislocation |
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019) |
A mediastinal shift or a mediastinal displacement describes the displacement of the mediastinum from the midline of the thorax to the left or right. The term is used in X-ray diagnostics .
The cause is either a decrease in the volume of the thoracic half on the side to which the mediastinum is displaced, or an increase in volume on the other side.
Causes for a reduction in volume in one half of the thorax are, for example
- Atelectasis of part or all of the lung on the side e.g. B. by a tumor
- Condition after resection of part or all of the lung on the side
- Scarred shrinkage, for example after tuberculosis or trauma
- Defects in the lungs
Causes for an increase in volume in one half of the thorax are, for example
literature
- Nestor L. Müller, Richard S. Fraser, Neil C. Colman, Peter D. Paré: Radiologic Diagnosis of Diseases of the Chest . WB Saunders, Philadelphia 2001, ISBN 0-7216-8808-X .
- Otto-Henning Wegener: Whole-body computed tomography . 2nd edition Blackwell Wissenschaft, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-89412-105-X .
- Joachim Frey : Diseases of the respiratory organs. In: Ludwig Heilmeyer (ed.): Textbook of internal medicine. Springer-Verlag, Berlin / Göttingen / Heidelberg 1955; 2nd edition ibid. 1961, pp. 599-746, here: pp. 742 f. ( Mediastinal displacements ).