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MeSH Heading: Mediastinitis
Tree Number(s): C08.846.187.790
Unique ID: D008480
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008480
Scope Note: Inflammation of the mediastinum, the area between the pleural sacs.
Entry Term(s): Mediastinum Inflammation
NLM Classification #: WF 900
Date Introduced: 1966/01/01
Last Updated: 1999/11/04

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Mediastinitis MeSH Descriptor Data 2026