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Vol. 14 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2019.14.12

A BRIEF DISSECTION’S GUIDE TO NORMAL MEDIASTINAL ANATOMY

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Published: January 12 2026
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Fabiana Cipolla
Institute of Human Anatomy and Histology, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, Italy.
Benedetto Fazio
Institute of Human Anatomy and Histology, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, Italy.
Valentina Polisano
Institute of Human Anatomy and Histology, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, Italy.
Francesca Sole
Institute of Human Anatomy and Histology, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, Italy.
Benedetto Spataro
Institute of Human Anatomy and Histology, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, Italy.
Alfonso Venezia
Institute of Human Anatomy and Histology, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, Italy.
Antonella Marino Gamazza
Institute of Human Anatomy and Histology, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, Italy.
Dario Saguto
Institute of Human Anatomy and Histology, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, Italy.
Alessandro Pitruzzella
Institute of Human Anatomy and Histology, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, Italy.
Margherita Mazzola
Institute of Human Anatomy and Histology, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, Italy.
Adele Guarrera
Institute of Human Anatomy and Histology, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, Italy.
Serena Nobile
Institute of Human Anatomy and Histology, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, Italy.
Carola Gagliardo
. Department of Surgical, Oncological and Stomatological Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, Italy.
Giovanni Tomasello
Institute of Human Anatomy and Histology, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, Italy.
Calogero Porello
Department of Surgical, Oncological and Stomatological Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, Italy.
Francesco Carini
francesco.carini@unipa.it
Institute of Human Anatomy and Histology, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, Italy.
Chiara Lo Piccolo
European Oncologic Institute, Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Milano, Italy, Italy.
Christian Zammit
Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Malta, Msida, Malta, Italy.
The purpose of this article is to show the mediastinal dissection method used during the stage performed by a group of students from the University of Palermo that, during the summer of 2017, had the opportunity to spend a period of 4 weeks at the Department of Anatomy of the University of Malta. The students were guided to practice dissection of some corpses to study various mediastinal organs. This experience permitted to the students to verify practically what they lernt in the books, and represented a unique opportunity for them to perform practice with cadavers, that is actually very difficult to do in Italian universities.

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A BRIEF DISSECTION’S GUIDE TO NORMAL MEDIASTINAL ANATOMY. (2026). EuroMediterranean Biomedical Journal, 14. https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2019.14.12
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