%0 Journal Article %T Is there any consensus of long-term follow-up for incidental anterior mediastinal nodular lesions? %A Sumi, Akiko %A Fujimoto, Kiminori %J Shanghai Chest %D 2018 %B 2018 %9 %! Is there any consensus of long-term follow-up for incidental anterior mediastinal nodular lesions? %K %X With the recent increase of computed tomography (CT) examination, the detection of mediastinal nodular lesions is becoming more common. According to previous reports, approximately two thirds of mediastinal nodules/masses are benign, and this increases to three fourths among asymptomatic patients (1). About half of these nodules/masses are located in the anterior mediastinum (prevascular compartment) (2-4). %U https://shc.amegroups.org/article/view/4781 %V 2 %P %@ 2521-3768