1. Volume 36, Issue 4, Pages 343-352 (October 1959)
Mediastinoscopy: A Method for Inspection and Tissue Biopsy in the Superior Mediastinum 
ERIC CARLENS, M.D. 
Diseases of the Chest 
Volume 36, Issue 4, Pages (October 1959)
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2. FIGURE 1
Photograph of two scopes for investigation of the mediastinum. The longer and thinner one is specially built for inspection of the carina region. * *The instruments are made by A. B. Stille-Werner, Stockholm, 4, Sweden.
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3. FIGURE 2
Diagram showing the scope introduced through an incision in the suprasternal notch.
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4. FIGURE 3
Carcinoma in the right main bronchus with atelectasis of the middle lobe and metastases in the paratracheal lymph nodes on the right side. A silver clip indicates where the biopsy specimen was excised during mediastinoscopy.
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5. FIGURE 4
The x-ray shows a hen's egg-sized, expanding lesion to the left in the superior mediastinum in a patient with a verified carcinoma in the bronchus to the left lower lobe.
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6. FIGURE 5 and 6
Frontal and lateral x-ray views of a patient with a tumor in the left main bronchus and with atelectasis of the lower lobe and broadening of the hilus. A silver clip indicates the lowest point reached during mediastinoscopy.
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7. FIGURE 7
X-ray of 57-year-old man with a slight increase in the breadth of the superior mediastinum and a narrow trachea, interpreted as due to compression.
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8. FIGURE 8
X-ray of 20-year-old man with a thin-walled, benign cyst to the right in the mediastinum.
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9. FIGURE 9
Photograph of a 52-year-old man with a plum-sized tumor in the left upper lobe and increased density paratracheally on the right side.
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