Does anyone know what a "wide mediastium" is?

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Mediastinum is the term given to the central part of the chest . It usually includes parts of the heart, some blood vessels, part of the lungs and some others like the thymus.

It is visible on an X ray of the chest. When this part appears wider than usual on the X ray, it is called a "wide mediastinum".
This has a variety of causes involving all of the organs mentioned above.

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isn't the mediastium is in your chest bone

Mediastenum is everything between two lungs.wide mediastenum usually is something serious.lymphoma, aneurism, esophageal mass, heart failure etc.
the bone between the ribs -the breast bone is called sternum.

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