Self assessment

Author: Hakki Celik

Learning objectives:
• to be familiar with the boundaries and contents of the mediastinal compartments at computed tomography (CT)
• to understand basic approaches to diagnosing mediastinal diseases on the basis of imaging features and clinical information
• to be familiar with the differential diagnosis of mediastinal diseases
• to be familiar with the characteristic imaging findings of mediastinal tumors
• describe the role of imaging modalities such as CT, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and FDG PET/CT in evaluating mediastinal masses