ANTERIOR MEDIASTINAL MASS Syllabus for Case Conference SCA Thoracic Symposium
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The landmark paper by Neuman, et al, based on case reports and logic (all that was available at the time), provided a management algorithm which has persisted for nearly 3 decades with little modification. This case conference shall strive to (1) concisely review the conventional teaching on this topic, (2) summarize the evidence basis, and (3) provoke a reevaluation of those recommendations, with an appreciation of the level of uncertainty and of the unanswered questions which remain.
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