Subdivision of the Mediastinum According to Some Clinical Radiologists

Clinical radiologists have described the subdivisions of the mediastinum in the following way:

	the anterior mediastinum by the clinician is the anterior and middle mediastina combined and it extends into the superior mediastinum anterior to the plane of the anterior surface of the trachea.
	the middle mediastinum includes the posterior mediastinum and the part of the superior mediastinum posterior to a plane anterior to the trachea
	the posterior mediastinum includes the bodies of the vertebrae which includes the paravertebral space and thus includes the sympathetic chains on each side. This is the region that neurogenic tumors might occur.